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Safety Footwear: A Double-Edged Sword for Workers’ Health

A recent comprehensive review in Occupational Medicine Journal has highlighted a critical issue in workplace safety: protective footwear. While protective footwear is essential in specific workplaces, some workers are finding their footwear is causing injuries; leading to people not wanting to wear safety boots. After …

Is your Working with Children Check expiring soon?

Did you know that Working with Children Checks (WWCC) are valid for 5 years? If you obtained a WWCC in 2019, it will expire this year. Make sure your contact details are up to date with the Screening Unit in the Department of Human Services, …

What the federal budget means for education and IEU members

14 May 2024 The 2024 federal budget continues repairs to the nation’s education system and delivers much needed relief to IEU members and their families struggling with persistent cost-of-living pressures. The 2023 and 2024 budget commitments, combined with groundbreaking reforms to workplace laws, have gone …

Adelaide Coleman wins the IEU(SA) SACE Art Show Award

The IEU(SA) SACE Art Show Award 2024 for Independent Education has been won by Adelaide Coleman with her painting “Threads of Tradition”. Adelaide attended Seymour College. “Threads of Tradition is a 61x45cm triptych, using acrylic paint, embroidery, and sculptural accents, that explores my connections with …

IEU marches in solidarity with SA Unions for May Day

On Saturday 4 May, IEU(SA) marched with hundreds of other unions from Elder Park to Tarntanyangga (Victoria Square) to show solidarity and to raise awareness of the fight for a better future for all workers. SA Unions notes that: “On May Day we recognise the …

IEU Speaks: School employers have nothing to fear from modern community standards

22 March 2024 School employers have nothing to fear from modern community standards The ALRC Report to the Federal Government lays out common-sense updates to the special discriminatory privileges afforded to faith-based school employers. The Australian community rightly rejects discrimination on the grounds of sex, …

What to do if you are injured at work?

Every employee has the right to a safe and healthy workplace under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (‘Act’). All employers have a duty to provide a safe and healthy workplace and to consult with their employees about health and safety issues. At first glance, schools …

Enterprise Bargaining update – what is happening around the sectors

Your IEU Organisers and Industrial Team have been very busy negotiating new Enterprise Agreements (EAs). Here is a quick snapshot of the EAs that have had noteworthy progress. All IEU members should take the time to read this article as it demonstrates how collective action …

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