A majority of the members of CNV Vakmensen and De Unie have agreed to the final offer of the Employers' Association Banks for the Collective Labor Agreement Banks 2023-2024. With this, the Banking Employers Association (WVB) and the trade unions CNV Vakmensen and De Unie have agreed on a new Collective Labor Agreement for Banks on 14 December 2022.
The new collective labor agreement will come into effect on 1 January 2023 and will run for 2 years up to and including 31 December 2024. The job salaries and job scales will be structurally increased, respectively on 1 January 2023 by 3.5%, on 1 July 2023 by 1% and as of 1 January 2024 by 4%. As of January 1, 2023, a one-off amount of € 1,000 gross on a full-time basis will be paid to all employees who are employed by the employer on January 1, 2023 and to temporary workers who work for the employer as of that date. This one-off payment is adjusted pro rata if the working hours are less than an average of 36 hours per week. Other subjects on which the CLA parties have been able to make agreements include 5 May as an annual public holiday and paid day off, alignment with the Work and Care Act for the terms 'parent' and 'child' in relation to various leave arrangements, sustainable employability and vitality, employment and diversity. The parties to the collective labor agreement will continue to discuss pensions in the coming period, aiming to make interim pension agreements before 1 July 2023.