Hi,
This simple 4 tick survey is to help us in our employment negotiations coming up in 2 month’s time. Please give everyone in your branch or worksite a copy and encourage them all to fill it in. It is confidential. We won’t use anyone’s name publically.
Please download a printable version of the survey (
pdf file 202kb), complete it and fax it back to
04 385 2214 by Thurs 30 August
Thanks,
Callum Francis
Chairperson of BNZ’s Union Council
Working late
The BNZ Collective Employment Agreement reads:
“Clause 7.6: Neither you nor the Bank can agree to more than 37.5 hours being worked in any week without overtime applying.”
How often do you work in excess of 37.5 hours per week and are paid or given time in lieu? (This might include staying late for 15-20 minutes to finish up.)
- About every one or two weeks
- About every month
- Once every 2 to 4 months
- Less often than once every 4 months
- Never
How often do you do overtime and are not paid or given time in lieu?
- About every one or two weeks
- About every month
- Once every 2 to 4 months
- Less often than once every 4 months
- Never
Taking your breaks
According to clause 7.8 of the BNZ Collective Employment Agreement full time staff are entitled to an unpaid 1 hour break and two paid 10 minute breaks.
Part time staff who do more than 5 hours a day are entitled to an unpaid 1 hour lunch break and one paid 10 minute break.
Part time staff who do between 2.5 and 4 hours a day are entitled to a paid 10 minute break.
How often are you unable to take your entitlement of breaks? (Full time = an unpaid 1 hour break and two paid 10 minute breaks)
- Every day
- About every one or two weeks
- About every month
- Once every 2 to 4 months
- Less often than once every 4 months
- Never
Staffing
The BNZ Collective Agreement reads:
“Clause 6.4: The Bank is committed to ensuring that employees are able to balance their work and personal lives satisfactorily... The Bank will monitor workloads to ensure that regular and/or excessive additional hours of work are not required.”
Between 2005 and 2006 BNZ staff numbers fell by 214. In the same period the bank grew its profit and its business and processed more work.
In your estimate how has staffing on your branch or worksite changed in the last year?
- Increased
- Stayed the same
- Decreased by 1 person
- Decreased by 2 people
- Decreased by more than 2 people
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