Federal opposition plan to address insecure work welcomed

12,02,21 | Collective bargaining, COVID-19, Workers' rights

This week’s announcement by the federal opposition of a comprehensive plan to address insecure work and casualisation has been welcomed by IEU members and the broader Australian union movement. With almost a third of Australian workers in insecure work, the ALP’s...

Workplace protections under threat following federal government IR review

03,12,20 | Collective bargaining, Industrial advice, Workers' rights

The federal government’s plan to change the better off overall test (BOOT) as part of sweeping industrial relations reforms would put the working future of all Australians at risk. During a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday (2 December 2020), Australian...

Catholic employer backpay failure leads to federal court action

03,12,20 | Collective bargaining, Industrial advice, Member action

Our union has today (3 December 2020) taken the extraordinary step of taking the Toowoomba Catholic Education Office and Downlands College to the Federal Court following their respective failures as employers to provide backpay to a number of employees. The case...

Building capacities and capabilities: the role of learning support teachers

30,11,20 | Equity, Professional issues, Teachers

Teachers and school officers who specialise in supporting inclusive education for students with additional learning needs have key roles across all sectors of the Australian education system. IE journalist Jessica Willis talks to two IEU members and learning support...

Urgent action needed to eliminate violence and harassment at work

25,11,20 | Union win

Australian federal government failing to take the real steps to end violence and harassment at work. Although it has been a year and a half since the International Labour Organisation Convention on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment at Work, the federal...