Industry News
Check Your Pay! It’s Equal Pay Day
It’s our seventh Check Your Equal Pay Day! From the first pay period on or after 1 December each year from 2012 to 2020, workers classified as Social and Community Services (SACS) employees or Crisis Accommodation employees under the Social,…
Social and Community Services – November Industry Update
Another Award wage rate increase!!! Thanks to the Equal Pay decision won for members by the Services Union, as of 1 December 2018, Award rates will again increase. Look out for this change in your first payslip after that date,…
Portable Long Service Leave Competition Winner!
Congratulations goes out to our new member Margie Gamble who was the recent winner of our Portable Long Service Leave (PLSL) Competition. All Margie had to do was to join The Services Union and support her Social and Community Sector (SACS)…
Safe Places For Children – Protecting you work conditions
Recently, Safe Places for Children, distributed a newsletter to employees that was not an accurate representation of your workplace rights or of our Union’s intentions. Each point has been addressed by The Services Union. Please click this link to read…
PORTABLE LONG SERVICE LEAVE UPDATE POST CONSULTATION PERIOD
The Services Union, made a submission on behalf of members as part of the consultation being undertaken by the Palaszczuk Government, in their investigation into the introduction of a Portable Long Service Leave Scheme (PLSL) for the Social and Community…
Safe Places for Children – What’s The Issue, Why Get Involved?
At the end of last year Safe Places for Children sought to commence negotiations for a new Enterprise Agreement. This triggered our Union undertaking a review of employment conditions for Safe Places employees and commencing conversations with our members. Members…
NDIS Members Support PLSL
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) members have been writing submissions to support the introduction of a Portable Long Service Leave (PLSL) scheme. Members want to ensure that all workers of the sector are in the scheme when Government considers which…
SACS Front Line Workers – their reality in the fight against domestic, family and sexual violence
A new UNSW Sydney Report says that many of the workers who help those affected by violence are women exposed to harassment themselves. They feel underpaid and emotionally exhausted. Our union participated in the National Survey of Workers in the Domestic,…
URGENT! No time to waste! PLSL Submissions are due Monday 8 October 2018 4pm!
GET YOUR SUBMISSION IN BY 4pm MONDAY 8 OCTOBER! Making long service leave portable across employers is something members in the Social and Community Services Industry have wanted for a long time. Our Union has made a submission on behalf…
NDIS – Breaking News From Canberra
NDIS Workers: Parliamentary Inquiry Supports Portable Training Entitlement For You! A Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into the NDIS has just released its report – and it supports the ASU proposal for a portable training entitlement for NDIS workers. This is huge….
