UWA Sessional Teachers

And another year begins! Hope everyone had a relaxing break...although as we all know, the gap between semesters often has an adverse impact on casuals who are between contracts. Some good news to start the year off, however: the National Tertiary Education Union casual audit claims continue to yield results, and backpay for affected staff! The most recent case has seen thousands of dollars in backpay issued to a casual teaching staff member whose qualifications (she had recently been awarded her PhD) had not been updated in the HR system, resulting in the loss of income due to the wrong pay rate being used. The NTEU can only find out about these cases if people get in touch, so please contact casual representative Dr Andrew Broertjes ([email protected]) or Division organiser Eileen Glynn ([email protected]) if you have concerns about your pay.