Job security in TAFE
Count down to June 17 - count down to TAFE job security.
June 17 marks two years since our TAFE agreement came into effect. On that date:
- Eligible casual teachers can apply for conversion to fixed-term/ongoing
- Eligible contract teachers can apply for conversion to ongoing anytime.
If you think you are eligible, email june17@aeuvic.asn.au and join our push to convert as many members as possible to more secure employment.
A more secure future
The AEU is launching a drive to gain more secure employment for TAFE members in casual or contract positions.
Applying can seem daunting, but the AEU has already helped dozens of members to access their rights.
At Box Hill Institute, 31 contract teachers applied for ongoing status with the support of their AEU sub-branch — 29 were successful, with one still pending.
AEU reps have ensured that the right to ongoing employment is now part of Box Hill’s formal policies and procedures, and even secured changes to makethe process easier.
At William Angliss TAFE, the AEU challenged the institute’s repeated refusal to give one contract hospitality teacher ongoing employment, despite booming enrolments in her course and praise from her managers.
We lodged a grievance on her behalf. A few days later, she and half-a-dozen other contract teachers with years of service were all made ongoing.
She says: “It’s nice to finally have stability. You just feel so much more relaxed and comfortable and confident.”
Remember — it’s your right.
Casual teachers
If you've worked for two years in the same or similar, identically classified job at the same or equivalent department at your TAFE, you are eligible to apply for contract or even ongoing employment.
If you have worked more than 400 hours in the past year in the same or similar job in the same TAFE department, you too are eligible to apply.
Contract teachers
If you have been on a fixed-term contract at the same institute for more than two year, or been employed on two or more consecutive fixed-term contracts — of any length — at the same TAFE, you are eligible to apply for ongoing employment.
Your employer cannot unreasonably refuse your request.
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