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Employment Services news - new category We have created a new category for "SACS: Employment Services news" which from 1 July 2009 will house all news relating to this sector. Earlier news relating to Employment Services can be located in the general SACS news section. 01 July 2009 [full story]
Employment Services: not just a job � launch of industry survey and resources Employment Services: not just a job is an Employment Service Worker Reconnection project which is undertaken by the ASU with funding from the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). This project will investigate issues relating to the migration of workers from Job Network providers to Job Services Australia (JSA) providers and the attraction and retention of a skilled workforce for JSA. The ASU is calling this project Employment Services: not just a job. 12 October 2009 [full story]

ASU negotiates first collective agreement for Mission Australia Employment Solutions Your Union has just had the first two days of negotiation meetings for your agreement. 05 October 2009 [full story]
Are you getting what you bargained for at Mission Australia? On December 10 your Union representatives are set to meet with your employer about YOUR pay and conditions. What is won in this process is won for ALL. What is lost in this process is lost for all. We want you to get what you bargain for! 03 December 2009 [full story]
Mission Australia Employment Solutions Enterprise Agreement accepted Mission Australia Employment Solutions Enterprise Agreement negotiations have concluded in the successful vote counted Friday 26 February 2010. 02 March 2010 [full story]
Mission backs down! What happened? Mission Australia made a unilateral decision to change your agreement negotiations on December 10 and 11 from a face to face meeting to a teleconference. We wrote to Mission and said this was not acceptable and that you need every opportunity to be fully represented � Mission Australia has capitulated and agreed to meet face to face at the negotiations. 04 December 2009 [full story]
Negotiations underway at Mission Australia Employment Solutions Negotiations have got underway for your first collective agreement at Mission Australia Employment Solutions (MAES). 16 October 2009 [full story]
New laws bring an end to WorkChoices - what does this mean at Mission Australia? The Fair Work Act has now replaced the legislation we all know as 'WorkChoices'. The Fair Work Act brings a number of changes to the way we bargain for workplace agreements. What does this mean for employees at Mission Australia Employment Solutions? 31 July 2009 [full story]
Winning together at Mission: �Incentives� gone! Down to Earth � �incentives� out of the Agreement . The ASU is happy to inform our members that Mission Australia has come to the sensible decision of removing their proposed �incentive scheme� from your legal pay and conditions. It has been union members� position all along that the scheme needed to be either ALL IN or ALL OUT. Mission Australia has decided to take all reference to it out rather than negotiate a fair and agreed system that was all in. 16 December 2009 [full story]

A new modern award for the employment services sector A new modern award for the employment sector, known as the Labour Market Assistance Industry Award 2010, was finalised in early December and will replace the existing CETSS award on 1 January 2010. If you are an employee in the employment services sector and believe that you are going to be adversely affected by the implementation of the new modern award it is important to speak to your union so that we can ensure that the transitional arrangements are being followed correctly by your employer. 16 December 2009 [full story]
Employment Services: not just a job This update covers the employment services survey, the Industry Reference Group on Employment Purchasing, and requests for workplace meetings. 15 December 2009 [full story]
Employment services survey deadline extended to November 30 As part of "Employment Services - not just a job" project we have been conducting a national survey of employment services workers. Time is running out to let the Government know how you feel about working in the sector and to win an iPod Nano into the bargain! 20 November 2009 [full story]
Future purchasing arrangements for Job Services Australia: have your say in the DEEWR consultation round The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) released its Discussion Paper regarding ongoing purchasing and reallocation processes for Job Services Australia (JSA) on Wednesday 17 February 2010. Now it is time for all stakeholders, including workers, to have their say. 23 February 2010 [full story]

Mission Employment are not telling you the whole truth! Mission Australia Employment Solutions are telling all employees that if you vote no that is the end and nothing else will happen. This is not true! 18 February 2010 [full story]
Mission Employment says No! After a number of meetings Mission Australia Employment Solutions have decided they want you to vote on their offer. We believe their offer does NOT meet community standards, does NOT meet industry standards and is NOT a good offer. 29 January 2010 [full story]
The devil is in the detail when you bargain at Mission Mid points and market rates�.what does it all mean? Average 6 percent wage rise, for who? Who determines who is the average and can we see the figures? 21 December 2009 [full story]

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