WRAW Conference 2025 – New Rights, Union Might, Winning Fights Friday 5 September, Trades Hall The Union Women’s Committee is extending an invitation to any members who want to join us at this years’ WRAWCon at Trades Hall. These days are always packed with activities and information sessions from a range of Union women and…
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….
Slater and Gordon Lawyers regularly deliver workshops and information sessions covering a range of issues that Unions tackle. These sessions help us better understand the application of relevant legislation, how they intersect with industrial laws, and our Enterprise Agreements. One of the big issues we tackle is that of sexual harassment at work. It is…
A member was injured at work due to heavy equipment being used in a way it wasn’t intended to be used. The heavy equipment was meant to stay in one place and be wheeled around a room. Instead of purchasing more units, the hospital instructed our members to take them to different floors and parts…
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…
Recently a significant report investigating the costs and benefits of implementing a universal Reproductive Health Leave entitlement in Australia was released by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. The report makes for interesting reading and clearly shows that providing universal Reproductive Health Leave provides a net benefit to workers and to business. The report indicates the…
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…
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…
In 2020, Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) began the Reproductive Health Leave campaign to ensure any person, regardless of their reproductive health challenges, can fully and meaningfully participate in work, and in turn are afforded the social and economic security they rightfully deserve. Reproductive health issues can affect anybody, at any stage of their…
Quick Navigation Links About In 2020, Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) began the Reproductive Health Leave campaign to ensure any person, regardless of their reproductive health challenges, can fully and meaningfully participate in work, and in turn are afforded the social and economic security they rightfully deserve. Reproductive health issues can affect anybody, at…
