ALIA employment pages
Apart from the summary material provided here, there is an extensive range of members-only pages containing detailed information and resources for ALIA members (employees and employers). The information provided covers topics such as changes to industrial relations laws, accidents at work, library workforce data and rights and obligations when facing redundancy.
Update: November
Harmonisation of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) laws
Safe Work Australia has been working with the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to prepare model legislation to give greater consistency between OHS laws across Australian states and territories. Draft legislation resulting from a two-year consultation period will go to the Workplace Relations Ministers Council in December.
Relevant information is at www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/swa/ModelLegislation
Key features of the draft legislation are
- Primary duty of care is imposed on any person conducting a business or undertaking - not limited to employers - to ensure the health and safety of workers and others
- Primary duty qualified by a test of 'reasonable practicability'
- Specific duty of care is owed by a person with management or control of the workplace to ensure as far as reasonably practicable that the workplace, means of entering and exiting the workplace and anything arising from the workplace and fixtures, fittings and plant within the workplace are safe and without risks to health or safety
- Duty of care is imposed on workers to take reasonable care for their own health and safety and that of others and to co-operate with any reasonable instruction given by the person conducting the business or undertaking in complying with the Safe Work legislation
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Teacher librarian salaries: industrial campaigns
Some resolution in teachers' pay campaigns has been achieved in the ACT and in Queensland.
In the ACT, teachers have voted to accept a 6.1% pay rise over two years. This is less than the ACT branch of the Australian Education Union was seeking but agreement was reached with the ACT Government in the interests of assisting in the current economic climate. Details of the negotiations and outcomes are at http://www.aeuact.asn.au When the new salary scales are published they will be added to the ALIA website.
In Queensland the Industrial Relations Commission has granted a 4% increase to teachers, backdated to 1 July 2009. Other aspects of the industrial campaign are continuing. Details of the interim increase are at the Queensland Teachers Union website at http://www.qtu.asn.au
The long-running campaign in by teachers in South Australia has moved to arbitration, with the case being heard by the South Australian Industrial Commission. Updates are at the website of the South Australian branch of the Australian Education Union: www.aeusa.asn.au
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Any queries regarding industrial relations matters or pay rates should be addressed to Heather Nash, Advisor, Industrial Relations & Human Resources at heather.nash@alia.org.au or (02) 6215 8228. |
Looking for work?
Job and career placement advertisements are regularly and frequently updated right here in these pages. In addition, we offer advice on finding work, negotiating workplace agreements, coping with redundancy, and we also offer a review of various library-sector job or placement websites. If you are an ALIA member you can sign up to the aliaRECRUITLIS e-list for immediate notification of new job opportunities as they appear on our employment vacancies page.
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The special rate of $1320 ($1200 plus gst) allows Institutional members to list an unlimited number of job ads on the ALIAnet employment pages. This deal is valid for 12 months from the date of invoicing, which means you can take up this generous offer at any time and get a full year's worth of advertising.
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Contact employment@alia.org.au if you wish to advertise your job vacancy through these pages (and recruitLIS, our members-only vacancies e-list).
Need advice about problems at work?
ALIA's industrial services program is available free of charge to all ALIA members. Problems at work? covers all matters connected to or arising from the employment contract including information on employment term and conditions of employment, interpretation of and help with labour law, advice on how members can improve their own situation at work and provision of direct support when difficulties are encountered. See also the members-only material of the site.
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