The way that the Commonwealth Bank calculates Long Service Leave (LSL) for Part Time employees is flawed.

The equation used by CBA to calculate LSL accrual for part time employees relies on averaging of hours worked per week. This causes balances to move up and down depending on the hours you're currently working.

In some cases - where employees have reduced their weekly hours and have taken long service leave at some stage, it can cause long service leave balances to go into the negative from one week to the next!

The FSU have been raising this issue with CBA for many years. It's confusing, it's not in line with how people expect leave to accrue and it doesn’t need to be this way.

The nation’s largest financial institution should be able to figure out a fair and functional solution!

How do I know if I'm affected?
If you work part time, or have worked part time at any stage, the way your LSL has been calculated relies on averaging your weekly hours. This could mean that some time in the future the balance on your payslip might change dramatically without you having taken any leave.

What can we do about it?
The union that represents bank workers - the Finance Sector Union, is working hard on this matter. There are a number of options available to us, but first we want to reach out to those affected at CBA, so that they can be included in finding a solution.

CBA have indicated that they're keen to find a solution for this in upcoming Enterprise Bargaining negotiations. This is encouraging, but they've said that before, so we need to make sure that this issue can't be pushed aside!

Next Steps:
Join the FSU if you’re not already a member!
If you're affected by this, or even if you just want to be involved in finding a solution, fill out the form opposite!
Forward this page to anyone you know who works at CBA!

Together we can get this issue out of CBA's "too hard" basket, and make it too hard to ignore!