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IEU(SA) Annual Rep Awards 2022. And the winners are…

The IEU Rep’s role is vital to the IEU’s work protecting members’ rights and entitlements and, as such, the role comes with certain rights and responsibilities. We congratulate the following Reps for their dedication to the Rep role and assisting members in their schools. In …

University of Adelaide – IEU(SA) Award Recipient, Imogen Cox

We are pleased to announce that the 2022 IEU(SA) Award recipient from the University of Adelaide is Imogen Cox (pictured receiving the award from our Pre-service Teacher Coordinator, and Deputy Secretary, Tim Oosterbaan). Imogen’s specialisation is Secondary Physics and Maths and she has recently won …

Life Memberships for Louise Firrell and Glen Seidel

With the retirement of Louise and Glen, the Executive resolved to award them both Life Memberships in recognition of their long service to the Union. Louise was one of the original “footpathers” when the embryonic Association of Teachers in Independent Schools (ATIS) was ejected from …

Results of 2022 IEU(SA) Executive Elections

Deputy Secretary Tim Oosterbaan has been elected as Secretary replacing Glen Seidel after 21 years in the role. Assistant Secretary Louise Firrell is also heading out into retirement after 2 decades at the IEU. Wendy Evans has been elected to the role of Deputy Secretary. …

St Columba College pays $35,000 to the IEU and admits Fair Work Act breaches

Employers are legally obliged to comply with employment conditions in their Enterprise Agreement (EA). Failure to honour enterprise agreement obligations is a breach of the Fair Work Act. Courts can fine employers for breaching the Fair Work Act. If Principals or others are “involved in” …

Teacher Workload – A novel approach in new Catholic EA

Needless to say, any attempt to improve teacher workload, first requires that a full time load is formally defined. The Catholic Schools EA has contained quite detailed codification of teacher workload for many years. Many AIS schools however are strongly resisting the definition of teacher …

Catholic Vaccination Policy Review

Draft Policy Update Finally Released After the IEU repeatedly following up progress since the specified August review date, a draft revised policy has finally been released by the Catholic Education South Australia office for consultation. The IEU position put to employers is essentially that, as …

Highest CPI for 30 years. Where to for Wages?

No matter which measure is chosen, the September quarter CPI figures are higher than many expected. Adelaide CPI at 8.4%, being the second highest capital behind Hobart at 8.6%. National CPI at 7.3%, well on the way to the Reserve Bank of Australia and Treasury’s …

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