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Bendigo Community Bank: Union Win – Your new Community Bank EA

Congratulations to every FSU member on our new Bendigo Community Bank Enterprise Agreement (EA) – with 96% of participating Community Bank companies now being covered by the new Agreement.

Here’s what union members have won:

  1. Pay increases – proposed wage increases aligned to the Bendigo Corporate EA, providing increases over the next three years of 5%, 3.5% and 3.5%. 
  2. Pay rates – minimum pay rates aligned with those within the Bendigo Corporate EA.
  3. Paid parental leave – 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks for secondary carers.
  4. Redundancy pay – introduction of a maximum 24 weeks redundancy pay (or better if already provided within an EA).
  5. Improvements to leave – 12 days sick leave, introduction of one day paid lifestyle leave, improved family and domestic violence leave and improved Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leave.

The list goes on! More detail on what’s contained in your new EA can be found here.

Bendigo Bank will now lodge the proposed EA with the Fair Work Commission for approval.

This is a great result and a testament to the hard work and commitment of members to seeing the process through.

It shows we’re stronger together.

Are you an FSU member? If not, join today and be part of the team that has won you pay increases and improved working conditions.

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