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In 2023, our union commenced proceedings against NAB in the Federal Court of Australia.

We took this significant step because members on annualised/packaged salaries (Group 3 and above) were raising serious concerns about being required to work unreasonable and excessive additional hours that were not taken seriously by NAB.

These hours were impacting their physical and mental health, as well as their families and relationships. You can read more about this here.

Together, we have now secured significant reforms.

This outcome includes:

• a worker-led, health and safety-focused approach to reducing and removing additional hours from roles at NAB.
• an industry-leading framework that recognises additional hours as a risk to physical and mental health.
• new rest and recovery leave provisions.
• new training and guidance for leaders and employees on the risk of additional hours and your rights.
• union engagement and oversight on the governance, monitoring and intervention of additional hours.

This is a historic win for our members. It will help fundamentally change the way additional hours, workloads and role expectations are managed at NAB – and ultimately across our industry.

Most importantly, today’s outcome means no worker should have to choose between their health and time with family, and meeting the expectations of their role.

The FSU is holding important member briefing sessions to discuss the outcome in more detail, answer questions and outline next steps. Please register for your preferred session below.

Congratulations to all FSU members who were involved in this mammoth process. The outcome was only possible because members stood together, shared their experiences and supported taking action.

You can read more on the background of the proceedings and other wins, such as remediation of unpaid member entitlements here.