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March for International Women’s Day 2023 – ‘Embrace Equity’

Meet at 5pm – Wednesday March 8 Tarntanyangga (Victoria Square) March 8 – International (working) Women’s Day The theme for this year is ‘EMBRACE EQUITY’ This day was first born out of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and …

Did your school have an EA pay rise recently?

According to their Enterprise Agreements, pay rises were due at the following organisations: October 2023 No EA pay rises this month September 2023 No EA pay rises this month August 2023 Southern Montessori School Woodcroft College July 2023 St Andrew’s School (New EA September 2023 …

Teachers Health extras benefits limits reset on 1 January

Calling all Teachers Health members! Don’t forget, your Extras benefit limits have reset on 1 January. So start the year right and focus on your health. Not yet a Teachers Health member? Make it a happy New Year and join with Hospital & Extras cover …

NGS Super delivering value for members

The results are in. NGS Super has been judged Money magazine’s 2023 Best Value Balanced Super Product. As a leading fund for the education and community sectors, NGS understands that everyone is different and has different needs and financial goals. That’s why the things that …

Enterprise Agreements – Breaking out of 2% offers… Vote NO!

As the year screeches to a halt, we have reached impasses on the wages outcomes at some schools where overwhelming “NO” votes sent the message to employers that offers starting with a “2” or less just would not fly in the light of CPI figures …

So Long and Thanks for all the Fish – Retirement of Glen Seidel

Some years ago I jokingly talked of early retirement at 70. That quasi-commitment is now knocking at the door and demanding to be honoured after waiting patiently in the wings for this moment. As I hand back my copy of the Fair Work Act on …

Vaccination Policies

As general society is approaching COVID from the basis of “living with” the disease, there is little or no utility in schools adopting stringent policies mandating up-to-date vaccination from all staff under threat of termination for those not complying. The Catholic and Lutheran sectors both …

Progressive Fee Structure – New Category ‘T’

The IEU, like many unions, does not charge a set dollar fee level, but in the interests of equity sets fees proportionately with income. Generally the fee will be less than 1% of gross salary and effectively much less after claiming the tax deduction. The …

The benefits of multiple employer agreements

One aspect of the Albanese Labor government’s Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill which recently passed into law, was the ability of similar employers to be included into the same agreement. This is intended to improve wages, partly by not encouraging businesses to compete by undercutting …

Member benefits – Union Shopper

Union Shopper Executive Officer Andrew Tait (right) talks to IEU(SA) Branch Secretary Glen Seidel about benefits for members. Union Shopper was established over 45 years ago by the Queensland Teachers Union, and quickly grew to where it is today. Now operating as a national service, Union …

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