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Contract employment – no such thing

Insecure Work is an issue for unions in general and the IEU is no exception. Without permanent employment people not only have the worry of what they will be doing from time to time, but will also have difficulty getting finance. In the non-government sector …

Enterprise Agreements & Family Friendly Benchmarks

As schools negotiate their own enterprise agreements, issues naturally fall into 4 categories. Salary Teacher Workload ESO conditions Core “family friendly” conditions Determining appropriate salary increases 3 years out (but hopefully not 4 years out) involves a level of economics and necromancy rarely found in …

SACE Stage 2 Review Report released

IEU members provided a substantial input to the most recent SACE Review and were hoping for more concrete outcomes than when they responded to the 2012 Review.  The difficulty SACE has is being all things to all people and being tied into a flawed ATAR …

Calculating Teacher Christmas Holiday Pay

If a teacher has worked all 4 terms, they can expect to be paid continuously through the Christmas break if continuing or if not continuing they would receive pay for the full 12 months through to the start of the new school year. The usual …

Computers displacing specialist teachers – Curriculum is Union business

A Catholic primary school in Adelaide is proposing to change their language program from Indonesian to Chinese – not a completely uncommon occurrence however is was the mode of delivery that concerned us. The proposed change will see the school implement the program My Chinese …

Casual Pay Premium a Myth

The ACTU has released a new paper which argues that most casual workers get nowhere near the 25% loading due to them, instead receiving a “modest wage premium” of 4% to 5% more than permanent employees. Contrasting this with the common 25% award-prescribed loading for …

Help us get the children off Nauru

Scott Morrison has the power to immediately end the suffering of refugee children, their families and others seeking asylum who are stuck in limbo on Nauru.  He can immediately order their transfer to Australia and prevent the trauma they are experiencing every day. As teachers, …

Adelaide Change the Rules Rally

What better day for a rally? .. What better reason for a rally? The union movement in Adelaide came out in force on 25 October to send the message that SA is behind the national campaign to Change The Rules. The IEU flags flew proudly …

South Australia Child Protection Framework Starts: What are Your New Obligations?

Schools in South Australia should be ready for new child protection legislation which will significantly change the parameters of their mandatory reporting obligations. With the commencement of the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017 (SA) and its associated regulations, almost all the pieces of …

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