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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 …

Workplace ‘burn-out’ – a legitimate occupational syndrome

It’s normal to feel stressed at work from time to time. But for some people, the stress becomes all-consuming, leading to exhaustion, cynicism and hatred towards their job. This is known as burnout. Burnout used to be classified as a problem related to life management, …

Procedural fairness in workplace investigations

In Enterprise Agreements, we generally have a provision regarding the process that a school must undertake when conducting a workplace investigation into conduct or performance.  The Union’s ability to challenge a school’s process during a workplace investigation will depend on the terms of the Enterprise …

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