Significant gains for school members
12 December 2024
Section: News
Competitive salaries and significant improvements to working conditions are included in the new three-year salaries and conditions Award for school…
New Award conditions deliver crushing blow for LSLD
The recent Award agreement and subsequent settlement between Federation and the Department of Education not only delivers significant improvements in…
Workload: Your work, your health, our profession
A coordinated and targeted campaign to more deeply engage and ignite the membership on the unfinished business of the More…
Investment in student wellbeing
8 June 2023
Section: Columns
Enabling Equity: Education Quarterly, Issue 6 2023 Figures released in February show student wellbeing has hit a new low and…
Crisis response and recovery
24 May 2023
Section: Columns
Know Your Rights: Education Quarterly, Issue 6 2023 Federation continues to engage with the Department on behalf of members’ health…
Health and wellbeing are important in the workplace
10 November 2022
Section: Columns
Federation has a long history of activism in the work health and safety space, to the point where today we have an increasing number of schools with elected Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) and active Work Health and Safety committees.
Risky business: workload and injury
A recent amendment to the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 makes it unequivocal in relation to the Department of Education and TAFE NSW’s responsibilities to respond to, manage and prevent psychosocial risks in the workplace.