A new sectoral collective agreement has been signed between the Federation of bank staff trade unions and representatives of the four largest banks, which employ more than 70% of the workforce in this sector. The agreement provides for a global wage increase of 5.6% over the period 2022-2024, paid in three stages: 2% in 2022, 1% in 2023 and 2.5% in 2024. The banks promise to do everything they can to maintain jobs and avoid redundancies. This agreement includes provisions covering telework, which among other things, make the employer responsible for paying the employee’s teleworking costs, and for continuing professional development, so that workers can cope with the challenge of digitalisation.
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