Delegates are Vital to Unions. Here’s why we love them.

Delegates are vital to Unions, whether it’s ours or any other union. Here’s why we love them. They play critical roles within Unions by being a source of information for members in their workplace, speaking with new staff about the Union and making sure members know what’s happening and what opportunities exist to get involved….

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Taking Action for Members in Courts and Tribunals

Your Union spends a bit of time in the Fair Work Commission enforcing members’ entitlements. Most often, when we have an industrial dispute and end up in the Commission, one conference with a tribunal member is enough for common sense to prevail and a resolution to be reached. Sometimes, it’s a longer slog and we…

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Health Professionals and Gender-based Undervaluation

The Fair Work Commission handed down its decision on its investigation into the gender-based undervaluation of work in a handful of the disciplines covered by our Union. It is not an understatement to say that this has been a huge case in which our Union played a big role last year.  While lots of details…

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Health Professionals and Gender-based Undervaluation

Fixing gender-based undervaluation in the Health Professionals and Support Services Award Quick Navigation Links Background The Fair Work Commission identified a number of nationwide sectors that are female-dominated, and susceptible to gender-based undervaluing in terms of the minimum wages that apply. This undervaluation arose from the first work to determine minimum wages, with those in…

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Flexible Working Arrangements

While it seems like a long time away, it will be Christmas and the end of 2024 before you know it. If you’re seeking to put in place Flexible Working Arrangements for the new year, the best thing you can do is to start having these conversations about Flexible Working Arrangements now with your team…

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