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2018 Catholic Pay Rise

For the last 3 years salary & allowance increases in Catholic schools have occurred on 1 October. With October 1 2018 almost upon us some employees may simply presume that pattern will continue and their next annual salary increase is about to occur. That is …

Sexual Harassment Member Engagement Survey

Many of us have experienced being sexually harassed at work. It’s shocking and hard to deal with. The Human Rights Commission estimates one in three people ( one in two women and one in four men) in the last five years have experienced sexual harassment …

IEUA Speaks on: School Funding Deal

Despite the effusive welcoming by employer organisations, the school funding announcement made by the federal government (Thursday 20 September) still fails to deliver. The model does not deliver the promise that this government made when it sought election in 2013.  It has not upheld the …

But I am Permanent!

Is permanency within CESA guaranteed? This question appears in the Priority Recruitment Program FAQ circulated to schools that belong to the Catholic Church Endowment Society (Archdiocese of Adelaide) where the need for redundancy is confirmed. The answer within the same circular is a sobering “there …

SACE Review – IEU Members Repeat 2012 Review Concerns

The IEU was asked to make a submission to the recent review of SACE Stage 2, instigated by the new Liberal government. We had made a submission the a 2012 review of the “new” SACE and sadly those concerns remain 6 years later. The 2018 …

Can my hours be changed?

Contracts of employment can be written, verbal or a combination of the two. That said, for obvious reasons, it is strongly recommended by the IEU that prior to commencing employment with a new employer an employee should receive (or insisting on receiving if they do …

Did you know that women retire with 47% less superannuation than men?

Recent research by Per Capita in partnership with the Australian Services Union (ASU) surveyed 4,000 workers and used data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the analysis of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to consider superannuation and women’s …

ACTU Congress 2018

Around one thousand delegates representing workers from every industry and sector in Australia attended the ACTU Congress at Brisbane Convention Centre on Tuesday 17th July 2018 & Wednesday 18th July 2018. This is the largest and most important gathering of Australian Unions and it sets …

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