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AGREEMENT ON GROUP
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
2017 – 2020
DANSKE KREDS
Dear member,
It is now time to vote on the new Group collective agreement which covers all employees in Danske Bank employed under a group
contract up until 1 April 2020.
We have adhered to our Group collective
agreement which has a good and flexible
framework for organising work and the positive distinctions between the standard collective agreement and the Group collective
agreement – for example in the form of additional supplementary pensions and holiday bonuses, better remuneration for overtime work, more flexible terms and conditions
for part-time work for parents with small children and the possibility of taking more time
off in the event of a child’s illness.
We are fundamentally very pleased with our
collective agreement. Therefore, during the
negotiations, we have focused on increas-
ing the level of pay for all our members – and
we have succeeded.
As a member of Danske Kreds and the Financial Services Union (Finansforbundet),
you now have to decide on the result. At
Danske Kreds, we are satisfied with the outcome, and we recommend that you vote yes
in the ballot. However, before you vote, you
can read more about the agreement here.
AGREEMENT ON GROUP COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
Pay increases
Pay increases for everyone
In the standard agreement, 4.20% has been
earmarked in the collective agreement period for general pay increases for all employees, as well as a local financial framework of
1.65% which has been negotiated as part of
the Group collective agreement.
In our preparations for the collective bargaining, members expressed a clear desire
for more pay in the form of higher salaries
for everyone. This has therefore been our
top priority during the negotiations. We are
both happy and satisfied that we reached
agreement with the Group on giving a total
of 1.65% for general pay increases over the
next three years.
This means that employees in Danske Bank
can look forward to the same overall pay increase as the rest of the industry as formulated in the new standard collective agreement (4.20% + 1.65%).
day supplements and additional supplementary pensions. However, it is necessary to emphasise that the use of a gross salary scheme
is entirely on the employee’s own initiative.
children at home all day will thus have the same
right to part-time work as biological parents –
although without payment of pension contributions of the same standard working hours.
If the members vote yes to the agreement, the
parties must discuss these initiatives and possibly implement them in the collective agreement period up until 2020.
The right to parental leave – foster
parents
Individual allowance
Employees who are foster parents for an infant aged 0-12 months are entitled to parental leave without pay and pension contributions until the child reaches the age of 1 year.
The model for the individual allowance that
we have known since 2012 was agreed on a
trial basis between Danske Bank and Danske Kreds. During the period, the model has
been evaluated by both parties, and during
the negotiations we have not reached agreement on a model that sees the trial being implemented on a permanent basis.
This means that we, in the new Group collective agreement, go back to the model for
granting the individual allowances that we
had up until 2012. The individual allowance
will thus in future be established on the basis of an overall assessment of the employee’s efforts and results in relation to the following criteria:
• Cooperation
• Quality
• Customer service
• Efficiency
Working hours
On-call duty
There is agreement that, in future, it is possible for the manager and employee to agree
up to 60 on-call duties. The union representative must be informed of such an agreement.
If more than 60 on-call duties are needed,
a local agreement is possible between the
Group and Danske Kreds.
You will hear more about this model in the
run-up to next year’s Performance Appraisal.
In other words, your salary will increase by
a total of 5.85% over the next three years,
broken down as follows:
• July 2017: 1,90 pct.
• July 2018: 1,95 pct.
• July 2019: 2,00 pct.
Working group on gross salary
Danske Kreds and Danske Bank have agreed
to set up a working group to discuss how the
individual employee can be given greater freedom of choice in the composition of his or her
salary. The group will investigate the possibilities for increasing the range of salary packages available so that, for example, they include paying for education and training via the
employee’s gross salary. The group will also
establish whether the gross salary can be expanded by partially or wholly including holi-
Social
provisions
The right to part-time work for parents
with small children – foster parents
Vote
In the Group collective agreement, the right
to part-time work for parents with small
children is being expanded to also include
part-time work for foster parents with small
children. Foster parents who have foster
The vote among the members of
Danske Kreds starts on 2 May.
The final deadline for voting is
16 May at 12.00 noon.