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Inquiry into price gouging and unfair pricing practices

Australian households are experiencing a significant decline in living standards as prices rise. Recent surveys have demonstrated that large numbers of people are going without basic necessities due to cost pressures. At the same time, corporate profits and executive bonuses are skyrocketing. Recent OECD research …

Get 6 weeks’ free cover from Teachers Health

Compare award-winning health cover for the education community Did you know that Teachers Health is the health fund for the education community, trusted by over 370,000 teachers, school professionals and their families across Australia? And the good news is that as a member of the …

I have been overpaid – what happens next? A Case Study

You noticed when checking your bank statement that a deposit of $2000 from your employer has unexpectedly appeared. Yay, you think — windfall! The following week, your employer contacts you and advises that they have overpaid you and advise that you need to pay it …

Does having the Union in ‘my corner’ cause workplace issues?

Occasionally, members advise us that they are apprehensive to ‘get the union involved’ because they worry that union representation may in some way limit their opportunities or may lead to them being treated differently in the future by their employer. It is illegal for a …

Can my contracted hours of work change?

Members sometimes call the IEU to explain that their employer (the school) wants to, or has, altered their hours of employment for the coming semester or year and ask, “Is that allowable?” There is no simple answer to that because it will depend upon a …

Significant workload improvements for Victorian Catholic schools

In what was a hard fought ‘No More Freebies’ campaign, IEU Victoria Branch members stood up and won significant workload improvements in their new Enterprise Agreement. The new agreement achieves significant improvements for all staff, including better classification structures for education support staff and a …

What are the changes to parental leave?

Parental Leave changes will amend the National Employment Standard (NES) dealing with unpaid parental leave to: allow employees to commence unpaid parental leave at any time in the 24 months following the birth or placement of their child; make it easier for employee couples to …

Superannuation on the Up

As of 1 July this year you should have noticed a change to your payslips as the percentage rate for the Super Guarantee increased from 10.5% to 11%. This is part of a schedule of legislated changes. Under this current schedule the percentage rate will …

Your Union ‘behind the scenes’

Your union membership gives you many benefits. Some of them are clear: support and protection if you need it; ability to work collectively in the workplace; or, being able to get an answer to a work query. Sometimes though, the good work that your Union …

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