ALIA employment pages
Apart from the summary material provided here, there is an extensive range of members-only pages containing detailed information and resources for ALIA members (employees and employers). The information provided covers topics such as changes to industrial relations laws, accidents at work, library workforce data and rights and obligations when facing redundancy.
Update: July
Fair Work Act
The Federal Government's Fair Work Act has now become law and most of its provisions came into force from 1 July, with remaining sections applying from January 2010. The main features of the new legislation include increased protection from unfair dismissal, ten minimum employment conditions, widened provisions for unpaid parental leave and rights to request flexible working arrangements to cover parental responsibilities.
All details relating to operation of the Fair Work Act are at www.fairwork.gov.au
Administrative structures of the Australian workplace relations system will also change in coming months. Fair Work Australia will be fully operational by 1 January 2010 and will replace the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Australian Fair Pay Commission, Workplace Authority, Workplace Ombudsman and Australian Building and Construction Commission (from 1 February). The Fair Pay Commission will remain in its current form until 31 July 2009 to enable the current wage review to be completed: see www.fairpay.gov.au/fairpay/WageReviews
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Collective Agreements
Many Collective Agreements (also known as Enterprise Agreements) may have expired on 30 June 2009. Where a new agreement is not in place, or is waiting for approval by the Workplace Authority or relevant State body, the terms of the expired agreement will continue to cover a workplace until a new agreement is in place. Information relating to negotiation and approval processes is at www.workplace.gov.au, clicking on 'Agreements'.
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Teacher librarian salaries: industrial campaigns
Industrial campaigns relating to teachers' salaries continue in the ACT, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania. For updates on developments in these campaigns, go to www.aeufederal.org.au, following the link to State and Territory branches.
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Any queries regarding industrial relations matters or pay rates should be addressed to Heather Nash, Advisor, Industrial Relations & Human Resources at heather.nash@alia.org.au or (02) 6215 8228. |
Looking for work?
Job and career placement advertisements are regularly and frequently updated right here in these pages. In addition, we offer advice on finding work, negotiating workplace agreements, coping with redundancy, and we also offer a review of various library-sector job or placement websites. If you are an ALIA member you can sign up to the aliaRECRUITLIS e-list for immediate notification of new job opportunities as they appear on our employment vacancies page.
Need to fill a vacancy?
List your vacant positions with ALIA and reach your target audience within the library and information services sector. By using our online employment advertising service your advertisements will be:
Find out more information about our advertising rates here
Special deal for Institutional Members!
Due to the success of the Institutional member deal for employment advertising in 2007, ALIA wishes to offer this exclusive Institutional member-only benefit once again.
The special rate of $1320 ($1200 plus gst) allows Institutional members to list an unlimited number of job ads on the ALIAnet employment pages. This deal is valid for 12 months from the date of invoicing, which means you can take up this generous offer at any time and get a full year's worth of advertising.
Subscribe to the Institutional members deal now, and list your vacant positions with ALIA.
Contact employment@alia.org.au if you wish to advertise your job vacancy through these pages (and recruitLIS, our members-only vacancies e-list).
Need advice about problems at work?
ALIA's industrial services program is available free of charge to all ALIA members. Problems at work? covers all matters connected to or arising from the employment contract including information on employment term and conditions of employment, interpretation of and help with labour law, advice on how members can improve their own situation at work and provision of direct support when difficulties are encountered. See also the members-only material of the site.
Looking to upgrade your skills?
Perhaps you might wish to consider enrolling in one of the many ALIA-recognised courses in library and information studies? Library and information sector courses to be recognised are assessed against the criteria set out in the Association's education policy statements and the course recognition procedure.
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