Social & Community Services

In discussions between the ASU and Max Solutions, the date has now been set for the first EBA meeting. It will be on March 26 and it will be a face to face meeting in Brisbane comprising management representatives, ASU officials and ASU workplace delegates. Max Solutions releases the NERR…

The Australian Services Union (ASU) has been in contact with Max Solutions management to commence negotiations for a new EBA at Max Solutions. The current agreements that apply to the Max Solutions employees across Australia are the: Max Solutions Employment and Training Enterprise Agreement and the Max Solutions Health Enterprise…

The Fair Work Commission had decided that all casuals working under the SCHDS Award should be paid their casual loading in addition to their overtime time and weekend penalty rates. This is likely to be phased between 1 December 2019 and 1 July 2020, but we are waiting for confirmation…

As most staff would be aware in 2017 Red Cross discovered it had been underpaying a proportion of its employees over a number of years. This was primarily due to applying the wrong award or Enterprise Agreement to some roles, the incorrect award or Enterprise Agreement classifications to other roles…

An urgent teleconference with Neami management was held on Friday, 10 May 2019 to clarify consultation meetings taking place with employee groups impacted by the transition to new NDIS funding arrangements. Neami have told the ASU that a lack of clarity from the federal Government and other funders means they…

The Australian Services Union today said the Royal Commission into the treatment and neglect of people with a disability was overdue. “People with a disability, their families and carers have been raising issues about neglect and abuse for years and they have finally been heard,” said Assistant National Secretary of…

The ASU have requested information from Neami about the number of employees affected and how much those employees can expect to receive in back pay from 1 December 2018. After the ASU contacted Neami about underpayments, Neami identified individuals who were being paid less than the minimum rates in the…

Last week, ASU notified Neami that we had concerns your ERO increase had not been applied to pay rates in the 2015 Agreement, from 1 December 2018. Investigation provides some answers Feedback from Neami on Monday morning confirmed our worst concerns. Neami acknowledged that a number of classifications are being…

You might think you know everything about management’s proposed restructure of Amnesty International. But there are still a lot of questions to be answered by management. Why do so many people need to lose their jobs? Isn’t there another way? What do these cuts mean for workload? On Monday 4…

Neami National staff have voted overwhelmingly to endorse the new Neami National Enterprise Agreement negotiated and recommended by the ASU’s National Negotiating Team. Voting on the Agreement closed last week – and 92% of employees who voted, voted in favour of the Agreement. This is not surprising, as the Agreement…