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Good news – BOQ employees are being asked to vote on our proposed Bank of Queensland Enterprise Agreement. Employees have from 14 – 20 July to vote. Our union is recommending workers vote ‘yes’ to the proposed Agreement.

Please register and attend the below 45-minute information session to ask any questions you may have about the proposed Agreement.

Here’s a summary of some of the changes that we’ve negotiated:

• An increase to minimum rates of pay
• 50% work from home right enshrined in a new section dedicated to Workplace Flexibility
• Improvements to the workplace change and redundancy process
• An increase to special paid leave (now called wellbeing leave) from three to five days per year
• An additional two days’ sick leave to 12 per year
• An increase to compassionate leave to five days per occasion
• Removal of mandatory two-week block of annual leave per year and reduction in shutdown days
• An expansion of higher duties
• Increases to allowances
• Simplified overtime and increased eligibility for lower paid workers.

Congratulations to all FSU members for reaching this crucial stage in the process. Members have worked hard to secure some good improvements, including shifting management on their original substandard pay offer. We encourage you to vote ‘yes’ when the ballot opens on 14 July.