04,03,25 | Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
With the damage and flooding caused by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, it is important to know what provisions have been included in your collective agreement as part of union negotiations. We hope you are not affected but if you are then it’s important to know your...
10,02,25 | Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
The newly elected LNP government have wasted no time undermining the safety of Queensland workers, having used their first day in Parliament to repeal hard-won workplace health and safety laws and rush through dangerous legislation without committee scrutiny. IEU-QNT...
28,11,24 | Professional issues, Workers' rights, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
Our union has welcomed a raft of recommendations outlined in a new report by the Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence. The recommendations focus on protecting the rights of working people amidst widescale adoption of AI in a variety of...
18,11,24 | Equity, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
More than a quarter of employers are not monitoring the prevalence of work-related sexual harassment, according to the first wave of reporting data since the introduction of “positive duty” Respect@Work laws. Introduced in 2022, a “positive duty” requires employers...
04,10,24 | Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
Five years since the emergence of the COVID-19 virus, symbols of the pandemic peak – daily press conferences, mandatory quarantine, grounded flights and closed school gates – are distant memories. Yet COVID remains the leading cause of acute respiratory infection...
02,10,24 | Union win, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
A determined IEU Chapter has secured better consultation on key employee issues, including enforcing the newly established right to disconnect and a code of conduct for parents. The Chapter highlighted to their employer the Work Health and Safety Act requirements for...
22,03,24 | Professional issues, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
New results from the annual Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing Survey highlight the urgent need for action to address the health and wellbeing of school leaders. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary said the findings released today reinforced the need...
01,02,24 | Workers' rights, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
Half of workers in insecure jobs have continued working while sick or injured, according to new research from the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). Fifty-two per cent of respondents to the 2023 ACTU’s Work Shouldn’t Hurt Survey reportedly continued to work...
04,10,23 | Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
The rate of workplace deaths in Australia remains shamefully high, with the latest statistics by Safe Work Australia reporting 195 workplace fatalities occurred in 2022. Each year, Safe Work Australia produces national work health and safety statistics to provide...
17,05,22 | Member action, Workers' rights, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
Recent wet weather and unseasonably high levels of humidity across Queensland has led to an increase in the prevalence of mould being reported at school sites. Members should be aware of the dangers associated with mould in the workplace and ensure their IEU chapter...
