Community Sector
Securing our future
In 2024 we secured portable long service leave in NSW.
This is a huge win for ASU members who will be able to access long service leave after 7 years (not 10) in the industry – even if they switch employers.
We won additional funding for homelessness services, domestic violence services and long-term funding for community legal centres. We also won paid placements for social work students.
In the ACT, we gained a commitment from the Government to close the gender pay gap in community services by working with the ASU to increase superannuation and leave entitlements on par with the public sector in Canberra.
2024 Fran Teirney Award
He has been a voice to Government, to the NDIS Commission, to the media, to industry groups - to better understand and recognise the role and contribution of independent support workers and their important place in the NDIS for people with disability.
Congratulations Jon Mills on winning our 2024 Fran Teirney Award!
Jon works in the Blue Mountains in disability services. He has been a long serving delegate in our disability sector and supported members at his organisation when the introduction of the NDIS impacted members jobs and conditions. In recent years, he's gone into independent support work, and has since then been a leading voice for Independent Support Workers within our union.
He has been a champion of portable entitlements and was pivotal in advising the NSW Government on their design of portable long service leave this year so that it included sole traders.
Jon is a passionate advocate for all workers, no matter how they are engaged, to be union and be union proud. Thank you Jon!
Skilled, Respected, Equal
The Community and Disability Sector Award hasn’t been updated in 30 years. This year we launched a landmark Fair Work Commission case to fix the SCHADS Award.
The Community and Disability Sector Award hasn’t been updated in 30 years. This year we launched a landmark Fair Work Commission case to fix the SCHADS Award. The award does not reflect the complexity of work, the experience, qualifications or skills required. It does not provide career pathways.
