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WIN: Bendigo Bank reverses incorrect December pay rise claim

You may have received emails from Bendigo Bank about mandatory training that you are required to complete from July.

These emails incorrectly stated that a failure to complete your mandatory training would impact your December 2025 pay increase. 

Our union informed management that this was not aligned with our Enterprise Agreement, which states:

“…to be eligible to receive a pay increase in December 2025, an employee must have met the compliance gateway at the end of year review for the preceding performance year.” 

Bendigo Bank has now confirmed that:

  • the bank’s performance year ended on 30 June 2025.
  • any mandatory compliance learning that is required to be completed after this date has no impact on the December 2025 pay increase.

What’s next? 

As part of negotiations for our next Enterprise Agreement (to occur next year), we will be discussing pay increases and eligibility criteria for December 2026. 

In the meantime, we recommend the following to all Bendigo Bank employees:

  • Ensure you are completing your mandatory learning by the due date.
  • Training should be achievable within your ordinary working hours, but if it is not (ie: due to workloads or any other reason), raise this with your leader.

If you do not receive your December 2025 pay increase for failing to complete mandatory training after June 2025, please contact our union on 1300 366 378.

And if you’re not yet a member of the FSU,.

Got questions for the CEO?

A reminder that we’ll be attending Bendigo Bank’s upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 21 October, 11am at Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo. It’s an opportunity to raise important issues such as job cuts, offshoring and the use of artificial intelligence directly with CEO Richard Fennell and the Bendigo Bank board.

If you have any specific issues or questions you would like posed to the board at the AGM, or are interested in attending, please reply to this email and let us know.

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