De Unie concluded the collective labor agreement for banks at the beginning of this year. We regularly speak with the employers who are members of this collective labor agreement.
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For example, we discuss how we can best work out the study agreements. And we can also use this consultation to prepare the next collective labor agreement. The following matters were discussed in the month of July:
Retirement
In the forthcoming collective labor agreement negotiations, the parties will probably have to make agreements about pensions. It is expected that the legislator will adopt the Future Pensions Act with effect from 1 January 2023. This means that we have to make adjustments to the collective labor agreement. In the collective labor agreement we have determined the minimum requirements a pension scheme must meet. We will have to bring this into line with the new pension legislation. Transitional arrangements must also be made. It is quite a puzzle because we have to take into account the existing pension schemes. Current pension schemes vary widely.
CLA negotiations 2023
The current collective labor agreement will expire on December 31, 2022. The collective labor agreement negotiations will start on September 29, 2022 De Unie with the preparation for collective bargaining. Do you want to contribute to the collective labor agreement negotiations? Do you want to help enforce a good collective labor agreement? Then sign up for the sounding board group of De Unie† In the sounding board group you help guide the position of De Unie in the negotiations. You can sign up by sending an email to: inge.de.vries@unie.nl
Study appointments
Three study agreements have been made in the collective labor agreement that the parties to the collective labor agreement must elaborate before the end of this year. We intend to include the conclusions of the studies in the next collective labor agreement negotiations. It concerns the following studies:
- Leave savings
- Career switch scheme
- Informal care support
Leave savings
During the term of the collective agreement, the parties to the collective labor agreement examine whether saving for leave has added value for the member banks. For the introduction of this agreement in the collective labor agreement, it is in any case desirable for employers that the saved leave can be taken outside the company. In that case, the leave days are not shown on the bank's balance sheet and the employers do not have to index the value of the saved leave. This makes saving less attractive for employees. For the time being, however, there is no legislation to realize this. Employers also seem unwilling to facilitate leave savings themselves.
Career switch scheme
ABN-AMRO has had a career switch scheme for some time. This instrument was recently introduced in the insurance collective agreement. With a career switch scheme, an employer can support employees who want to continue their career in sectors where the employment conditions are lower, for example education or healthcare. Because the labor market is now very tight, and banks attach importance to retaining employees, employers now have less need for this instrument. Through De Unie It has been argued that we would like to continue this research now because employees may need a career switch.
Informal care support
The parties to the collective labor agreement have exchanged information about the provision of informal care support. The intention is that we offer the information in a handy way to the various companies that fall under the collective labor agreement. This allows companies and the works council to jointly shape informal care support at the company.
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Contact
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