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Women being BOLDER together

IEU women, from all over Australia, BOLD enough to bring about change, not only in their Union but in society at large, gathered in Sydney at the end of August for the Building Our Leadership Development (BOLD) Conference. The BOLD program was designed to empower …

Brain breaks for peak performance

Playtime is serious business at Miranda’s Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School. The Sutherland shire school has introduced an innovative program where it has doubled play times from two to four, giving students a “brain break” every hour. After just four weeks, teachers …

IEU Speaks on… Gender Pay Gap

No Progress on Gender Pay Gap Wednesday 28 August 2019 is Gender Pay Day. This date illustrates the 59 additional days from the end of the previous financial year that women must work to earn the same amount as men earn in twelve months. Gender …

Women’s Professional Learning Day 2019

The much-anticipated IEU (SA) Women’s Professional Learning Day was held on Saturday 10 August. This is the second time the event has been conducted and with an excellent line up of speakers/presenters it was pleasing, but not surprising, that the day was fully booked out. …

Paternity Leave

It can improve career prospects for women The definition of family structure changes every generation. Though certain elements are rooted in biological elements, it is also a cultural phenomenon. While the so-called “traditional” structure — husband and wife, with the man working and the woman …

Are You Getting Super on Your Leave loading?

Ask Your Bursar Earlier this year the ATO refreshed its advice on the treatment of annual leave loading. This is a 17.5% loading on top of 4 weeks of annual leave pay. Conventional accounting practice treated this in the same category as “overtime” (that is …

Is it Junk Mail, SPAM or genuine information?

The majority of our members successfully receive our regular and important updates via email. Despite our best practices and industry standard processes, your email program and email host may not always accept union member news via your email address and it may tag it and …

TRB Review IEU Submission

The SA government is conducting a review of the Teachers Registration Board composition and function under the heading of “Enhancing” the TRB. The IEU has made a submission (190603 TRB IEU Review Submission) defending the current structure. In essence, the IEU believes that the current …

Cyber flashing and/or bullying anonymously with iPhone ‘AirDrop’

Australian online safety experts have warned about a rise in anonymous digital targeting of students and teachers through the iPhone feature ‘Airdrop’. Curtin University Associate Professor in Internet Studies Tama Leaver said anyone within 20-30 metres of an iPhone could send to, or receive content …

New working with children checks

From 1 July 2019, people working or volunteering with children in South Australia must, by law, have a valid child-related clearance. People need a working with children check if they are in a ‘prescribed position’. This means people who: are in paid or volunteering roles …

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