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Tech workers who Bendigo Bank is proposing to transfer to Infosys have now received their contracts.

These appalling contracts leave much to be desired when compared with your Bendigo Bank terms and conditions, and have the potential to disadvantage you.

Our union is warning members not to sign their contract until you hear back from us.

What’s in the contracts?

Register now for our urgent meeting to discuss these contracts and receive advice on how you should proceed.

• Infosys can make you work whatever hours they think are reasonable.
• They can also make you work wherever they want.
• There are no guaranteed wage reviews or increases – in fact, your pay can go backwards in the event of a pandemic, recession, ‘calamity’, or change in market conditions.
• The contract guarantees the more generous Bendigo Bank overtime and on-call allowances for 12 months – but then what?
• Infosys can demand you provide medical information when you are ill, and have the right to terminate your employment on medical grounds.
• A broader termination of employment clause.
• If you quit, you cannot work for another Infosys customer or competitor for three to six months.

The deadline to sign the contract is Thursday 4 June. Do not sign your contract until you have heard back from us. Instead, register for our union meeting and share this email with your colleagues so they can also attend.

If you cannot attend Thursday’s meeting, please call our Member Rights Centre on 1300 366 378 or email [email protected].

Bendigo washes hands of responsibility

Despite every effort by our union in the Fair Work Commission to ensure workers are treated with the dignity we deserve, Bendigo Bank has rejected our calls for workers to be given more choice and control throughout this difficult process.

Instead of genuinely dealing with employees’ concerns, the bank is instead pouring money into a team of lawyers and HR staff – while simultaneously claiming they have done enough and telling the FSU to engage directly with Infosys. Disappointingly, Bendigo Bank also refused to facilitate a meeting with Infosys and the FSU.

Unfortunately, this is the sort of appalling behaviour we have come to expect from Bendigo Bank.

Register now for our meeting and get the information you need about these contracts.

If you’re not yet a member, now is the time to join to ensure you receive the support you need.