{"id":428,"date":"2023-08-22T23:45:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T23:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bert.com.au\/?page_id=428"},"modified":"2025-08-20T11:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:20:45","slug":"funeral-and-child-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bert.com.au\/funeral-and-child-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral and Child Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Funeral Benefit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Financial members of the CFMEU and Plumbers Union are covered by a funeral benefit in the event of death of either the member (Up to Age 75) \/ the members wife, husband or defacto (Up to Age 75) \/ the members dependent children (Up to Age 16).<\/p>

The amount payable for a funeral claim is $15,000<\/u><\/b>.<\/strong><\/p>

To claim the funeral benefit, you must call your respective union<\/em>. CFMEU – 07 3231 4600<\/a><\/strong><\/span>; or Plumbers Union – 07 3844 8433<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Child Care Benefit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Child care payments may be made on a discretionary basis for financial members of the CFMEU and Plumbers Union whose partner dies and who have children aged up to thirteen (13) years of age who are dependents of the member.<\/p>

To download a claim form go to the\u00a0forms<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>section of this website or click the link above and\u00a0contact your respective Union;<\/em><\/p>

CFMEU – 07 3231 4600<\/strong><\/span><\/a>; or Plumbers Union – 07 3844 8433<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Funeral and Child Care CFMEU QLD\/NT Plumbers Union QLD Funeral Benefit Financial members of the CFMEU and Plumbers Union are covered by a funeral benefit in the event of death of either the member (Up to Age 75) \/ the members wife, husband or defacto (Up to Age 75) \/ the members dependent children (Up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nFuneral and Child Care - BERT | CIP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Information on the BERT Funeral and Childcare covers for financial members of the CFMEU QLD\/NT and Plumbers Union QLD.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bert.com.au\/funeral-and-child-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funeral and Child Care - 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