CPSU New South Wales

26/01/2026

The CPSU NSW would like to say thank you to Professional Staff Union delegate Luke Davis for his strong advocacy for members at Southern Cross University over the past 16 years.

Luke has been an active Delegate and Secretary of the CPSU NSW Branch of Southern Cross University where he fiercely fought for the interests of Professional staff across the bargaining table.

Luke will be missed when we sit down at the bargaining table next. We wish him all the best in his next endeavour.

25/01/2026

Outsourced call centre staff on the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) phone lines must pretend to be public servants, according to workers, and are responsible for deciding which funding requests are prioritised despite having no specialised welfare training.

Workers at Serco, a major outsource provider, have also been issued government agency email addresses, making it impossible for the public to tell them apart from direct employees despite vast differences in their pay, conditions, training and support.

Serco employees also say they are given email addresses identical to public servants, making them indistinguishable

25/01/2026

15/01/2026

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

NDIS labour-hire company United Employment has collapsed with more than $6 million in unpaid wages, super and entitlements owing to employees.

Across the disability sector, complaints about missing pay and superannuation have skyrocketed over the past five years.

The Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating outstanding entitlements owed to former workers of United Employment.

It's important to know your rights at work and have strong union backing to protect your pay and super before reaching this point.

If you work in the disability sector in New South Wales, and you're not protected by a union, you should join today.

Join the CPSU NSW here: www.cpsunsw.org.au

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-15/united-employment-ndis-company-collapse-millions-owing/106148800

Up to 500 workers are fighting to recoup pay, super and entitlements after the collapse of a large disability support provider operating in New South Wales.

18/12/2025

𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐘

Yesterday CPSU NSW delegate Lisa Simmons gave evidence at the Upper House Inquiry into the University Sector. The inquiry is shining a light on the need for greater transparency, accountability and governance across the sector as well as the overuse of consultants.

Our dedicated professional staff delegates have been supporting members through major job cuts across the sector. Without Professional Staff there is no student experience and the CPSU NSW has been calling on both the state and federal government to make real change in the sector which should be run for the improvement of their communities and Australia.

You can read more about these issues and what the CPSU NSW has been doing to combat them in Red Tape magazine available now at www.redtapemagazine.com.au

JOIN THE CPSU NSW at www.cpsunsw.org.au

18/12/2025

𝐀𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑

Aruma Brighton SIL meeting yesterday with members regarding their master roster changes and consultation.

Many Aruma workers face casual or part-time contracts, fluctuating hours and pressure to accept split shifts with unpaid gaps

In roster reviews Union members are supported with securing predictable hours where possible, equitable and fair distribution of shifts attracting penalties, and helping members to manage their work-life balance where rosters change.

Individually, some workers feel they must “take what they’re given”. This is why Aruma disability workers need a strong union. CPSU NSW is that Union for you.

Often, the work requires extensive skills and expertise, is hard, and mostly undervalued. Funding pressures can sometimes push risk onto workers detracting from the support that can be provided to participants.

Safety, pay and job security depend on collective power.

The CPSU NSW protects members so they can focus on supporting people with disability safely, respectfully and sustainably.

United, we are stronger together!

If you're not a CPSU NSW union member, JOIN TODAY!

www.cpsunsw.orga.u

15/12/2025

ACTU statement on Bondi Beach terror attack

12/12/2025

𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐁𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒 & 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑?

Whether you're an employee counting down the days until your break, or an employer trying to keep a business open over Christmas — what are the rules about working these holidays?

And if your workplace shuts over the holiday period, can you or your staff be made to use up leave?

Here's what the law says.

𝐃𝐨 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬?

Your boss must ask you.

If you're an employee, you have a legal entitlement not to work on a public holiday. If your boss asks you to work, you can say no if you have a reasonable reason to refuse the request.

The employer's request for you to work also has to be reasonable – for instance, if they're running an emergency room, which needs to be open 24/7. But the employee's personal circumstances are relevant too.

There was an important court ruling about this earlier this month.

Mining giant BHP was ordered to pay 85 miners $A84,000 in compensation, after it made them work Christmas and Boxing Day in 2019 without giving them a chance to say no.

Among the miners forced to work was a single mother without family help, who said she had to go to "demeaning and heartbreaking" lengths to find a babysitter for her two daughters, 11 and 15, on Christmas Day.

What that court case made clear is that rostering people on, then expecting or even suggesting that's the end of the matter, does not meet the requirements of the Fair Work Act.

If you're the employer, you need to have a conversation about it, or produce a draft roster, with employees given the opportunity to indicate if they would not like to work. You can't just roster and forget it.

Whether you're an employee counting down the days until your break, or an employer trying to keep a business open over Christmas — what are the rules about working these holidays?

11/12/2025

𝐂𝐏𝐒𝐔 𝐍𝐒𝐖 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 – 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Disability Delegates from across the NSW disability sector convene four times a year to share stories, celebrate victories and plan for the year ahead.

Care of people with a disability and ensuring the staff who support them earn a decent wage are two sides of the same coin and the Disability Sector Delegates Council supports CPSU NSW in striving for better pay and conditions.

While it has been a busy year with all the disability sector providers, there is still more work to be done.

On behalf of the Disability Sector Delegates Council, seasons greetings from your Delegates. Many of you will give up your personal time with your friends and families to continue to provide support to the most vulnerable members of the community are in our thoughts.