The University of Melbourne will face legal action over allegations of underpaying casual staff and keeping false or misleading records. On Friday, The Fair Work Ombudsman announced the university would be taken to federal court over claims it failed to ...

Western Sydney University will hire new permanent staff as part of a sector-first "large-scale academic decasualisation program." The program, designed in consultation with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), will see 150 full-time teaching and research positions be made available ...

Academic staff from Griffith University have voted to bypass one-off $1000 payments included in the university's most recent wage offer, pushing salary negotiations into the new year. The vote followed an 80-page offer sent out by Griffith management in late ...

University of New England's new advisory body has called for increased transparency, staff inclusion in managerial processes and for Chancellor James Harris to resign.  On Friday, more than 500 UNE staff, alumni, and former employees met to vote in favour ...

Deakin uni will face the fair work commission after being accused of alleged "systemic wage theft" by the NTEU. The National Tertiary Education Union claims the enterprise agreement was breached after more than 650 staff across four campuses were paid ...

Staff at Federation University will be on the picket lines tomorrow over fair pay, job security and better working conditions after the union said management had been “purposely delaying” negotiations.  On Thursday, hundreds of staff and students from the Federation ...

Staff at five of Queensland's largest universities have announced plans to strike tomorrow as part ongoing industrial action to call for higher pay and improved workplace conditions. On Thursday, hundreds of staff from Queensland University, Griffith University, Queensland University of ...

Staff at the University of Newcastle will be on the picket lines today over job security, fair pay and safe working conditions after the union said management had been “dragging” negotiations.  The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said members of ...

More than 80 per cent of Southern Cross University staff have reported experiencing psychosocial hazards resulting in high levels of stress and a decline in wellbeing, a union survey has found. A workplace survey conducted by the National Tertiary Education ...

More than a quarter of staff at the University of New England have reported experiencing severe or extreme symptoms of anxiety, depression and/or burnout, a union workplace survey has found. The UNE branch of the National Tertiary Education Union surveyed ...