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What to do if you are injured at work?

Every employee has the right to a safe and healthy workplace under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (‘Act’). All employers have a duty to provide a safe and healthy workplace and to consult with their employees about health and safety issues. At first glance, schools …

SA Unions for YES – pledge your support

Together, we can build a more united and stronger country by recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia’s constitution. Do you believe that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should be recognised in the 122 year old constitution? Do you believe that Aboriginal and …

Voice – Treaty – Truth: Unions for Yes

A defining moment in Australian history is upon us — an opportunity to accept the offer to walk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as set out in the Uluru Statement from the Heart. In August last year, approximately 150 IEUA Committee of Management …

Vaccination Policies

As general society is approaching COVID from the basis of “living with” the disease, there is little or no utility in schools adopting stringent policies mandating up-to-date vaccination from all staff under threat of termination for those not complying. The Catholic and Lutheran sectors both …

Progressive Fee Structure – New Category ‘T’

The IEU, like many unions, does not charge a set dollar fee level, but in the interests of equity sets fees proportionately with income. Generally the fee will be less than 1% of gross salary and effectively much less after claiming the tax deduction. The …

The benefits of multiple employer agreements

One aspect of the Albanese Labor government’s Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill which recently passed into law, was the ability of similar employers to be included into the same agreement. This is intended to improve wages, partly by not encouraging businesses to compete by undercutting …

Review of School Vaccination Policies

Since the legal requirement for SA school staff to be “fully” vaccinated was rescinded on 31 March 2022, the medical advice around COVID protective practices has continued to become less and less restrictive in SA and around the country. State of emergency powers are being …

A Profusion of Vaccination Policies

With the rescinding of the vaccination mandate in South Australian schools on 31 March, it was no longer unlawful to work in a school whilst unvaccinated. The health message however contained mixed signals, in that, on one hand mandates had outlived their usefulness but on …

Vaccination Mandates Update

Members were updated Monday 2nd May as to our approach to schools wishing to install some form of COVID vaccination requirement into school policy in place of the now-rescinded health directives. The fundamental position was that we would not be challenging the basic health directions, …

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