Welcome to UniCasual, a workplace information portal for Australian casual academic staff.
Produced by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) this site contains details about your workplace rights, your obligations and those of your employers, and information on how NTEU can assist you. This website aims to help you find out what you need to know to survive as a casual, and provides practical tips as well as introductions to NTEU and CAPA.
To find your local NTEU Branch, click here.
Latest news
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Media: Casual workers miss out on benefits - unions
An article on casual workers appeared yesterday in The West Australian featuring Murdoch Branch Casual member Brad Evans. You can read it here.
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NTEU submission to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia
Attached below is the NTEU's submission to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia. For more information about the ACTU Independent Inquiry take a look at the following link.
Submission
(1 MB) - PDF2012 NTEU submission to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia
Published: 24 Jan, 2012
Tags: casual, casual employment, casual academic,
The ACTU launched a major national campaign to address the spread of insecure work in Australian workplaces in Sept 2011. The following submission is the NTEU's response to the Independent Inquiry being conducted by former deputy PM Brian Howe.
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Letter to Professor McKenna regarding Fixed Term Contracts
Submission
(13 KB) - DOCXHow (IN)SECURE is your employment?
Published: 21 Dec, 2011
Tags: uws change, UWS,
Recently we have been contacted by a large number of members across different Schools whose fixed term contracts are due to expire on 31 December. These members have been informed that due to the Leadership and Management Changes across the University
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UniSA Branch Newsletter
The latest Issue of The 3rd Degree is printed and folded and will be in the mail to members this week. View it online here.
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ANU Intelligence December 2011 out now
The latest edition of ANU Intelligence is here now. It contains articles on the ANU by 2020 plan, campaigning against casualisation, our delegates' training courses, progress in enterprise ...
Newsletter
(410 KB) - PDFANU Intelligence December 2011
Published: 30 Nov, 2011
Issue: December 2011
Tags: casuals, fixed term staff, ANU, enterprise bargaining, ANUE, service, elected officers, delegate training,
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Sessional Swinburne Staff Join NTEU
Over the past 18 months NTEU has achieved many significant outcomes for sessional staff.
Outcomes
The Union Collective Agreement we negotiated with the senior Swinburne management group:- ...
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Fair Contracts Campaign Wins Secure Livelihoods
NTEU’s Fair Contracts campaign has won more conversions for fixed term staff into ongoing positions in recent days. Under threat of costly prosecutions, Swinburne senior management have had to ...
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ACTU President addressing Unions NSW this Thursday
ACTU President Ged Kearney will address the Unions NSW Council meeting (6pm, Thursday 17 November), to speak more about the inquiry into insecure work and the Secure Jobs, Better Future campaign.
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Share your experiences as a casual or contract worker
Unions have launched a new inquiry into insecure work in Australia.
Workers will have the opportunity to share their stories about the impact of casual and contract employment alongside community groups, unions and employers in a new national independent inquiry to investigate the extent of insecure work in Australia.
The inquiry is part of the Secure Jobs. Better Future campaign, and will be open for submissions between 2 November and 16 December, before public hearings in each state in February and March.
Share your story
The NTEU is asking you to share your experience and views of insecure work, particularly casual work in the higher education sector.
Submissions will be able to be lodged on the campaign website, securejobs.org.au, or by phoning a special insecure work hotline on 1300 362 223 (toll free).
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Not in an on-going position? Inquiry into insecure work calls for submissions
The ACTU has commissioned an independent inquiry into insecure work to analyse the increase in casual, contract, labour hire and other forms of insecure work in Australia over recent decades, and the ...
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Casual Voices
Have something to say? Add your voiceI am not invited to any meetings, and this year not even to the Christmas party or convening meeting for the program. It is useful to go, if only to be seen by the Head of School, but I never get paid if I do go.
