Last week, we spent four days negotiating with Cbus management for our new Enterprise Agreement (EA) and have now reached a point where Cbus have a proposal for you to consider. This follows months of consultation where we identified the issues that are most important to you.
The EA will set your pay and conditions for the coming years so it’s important that you understand this proposal and have your say.
Tell us what you think
What’s in the proposal?
To help you understand the Cbus proposal, we have added in our comments on the substantive changes to our EA. Members can click here and login to access it.
Here are some of the biggest changes in this Cbus proposal:
- A four-year Enterprise Agreement.
- The pay proposal is:
- Year 1 – 5%
- Year 2 – 4%
- Year 3 – 3.5%
- Year 4 – 3.5%
- A commitment to hybrid working, with arrangements being determined between people leaders and workers through consultation.
- Ability for workers who need an individual variation to the hybrid arrangements to apply for that and dispute any rejection.
- 26 weeks of parental leave for all Cbus workers who have been with the Fund for more than 12 months and superannuation paid on 104 weeks of parental leave.
- New leave types for reproductive healthcare, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers to observe cultural occasions, and for people from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds to observe occasions, expanded bereavement and compassionate leave.
- A commitment to establishing a structured pay grading system to enhance pay transparency before 1 July 2026.
- New arrangements where annual leave balances are over 25 days.
- Inclusion of neurodiverse workers in Cbus’ commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- New entitlements to put controls around the use of AI, and how Cbus can use your personal information.
- New entitlement for Cbus to talk to you about your workload, staffing and demands of your job, to consider your views and determine how to address those issues.
Ready to have your say? Click here to tell us what you think.
Questions
If you have any questions about the EA and what it means for you, you can:
- Come along to our FSU info session on Wednesday 17 April at 1pm – register here.
- Speak to your reps Bill Rue and Caroline Troup.
- Reach out to your FSU organiser Phil Robinson on [email protected] or 0434 169 444.
The FSU will now consult with our members to determine our position and next steps, so if you are not yet a member you can join here.
