Members in Tasmanian Catholic schools, the employee ballot for your new Agreement is open from Thursday, 13 February to midnight on Thursday, 20 February.
The IEU secured an in-principle agreement with employers late last year, and now it’s time to formally vote and lock in the improvements you fought hard to achieve.
Voting is online. When you receive a message from your employer with a link to the voting site, vote Yes and encourage your colleagues—both union members and non-members—to do the same!
For a summary of what you won during negotiations (and avoided, like forced transfers between schools), click here.
Here are some of the highlights:
✔️ LOW INCOME PAYMENTS
A $1000 payment will be made in March 2025 to most school support employees and teachers at or below Level 4 (pro-rata for part-time employees).
✔️ PAY PARITY
Nexus with government school salaries maintained and further 3% increase in 2025.
✔️ TEACHER WORKLOAD REDUCTIONS - PRIMARY TEACHER
Primary teacher maximum face-to-face teaching time to reduce over the life of the Agreement from 22 to 21 hours per week.
✔️ TEACHER WORKLOAD REDUCTIONS - SECONDARY TEACHER
Non-teaching face-to-face duties (Clause 74.10) for secondary teachers to decrease from 5 to 4 hours per week, timing to commence from semester 2, 2025.
✔️ IMPROVED PARENTAL LEAVE
Paid primary carer leave increased to 18 weeks, paid partner leave increased to 4 weeks
Superannuation payments made on first year of maternity leave
10 days’ paid foster carer leave