Are you wondering whether you might qualify for conversion from casual or fixed-term employment to a more secure form of employment under the Enterprise Agreement conversion clauses or the Fair Work Act? Or perhaps you are already working on your application. At these workshops, NTEU Industrial Officer Simon Kempton and NTEU Organiser Glen Smyth will take members through the relevant Enterprise Agreement clauses and the application process.

By the end of this session you will have a good understanding of the criteria you will need to meet to make an application for conversion, the reasons management can draw on to reject an application (and how to ensure they aren’t misused), as well as how the NTEU will provide support if your application is rejected.

Are you wondering whether you might qualify for conversion from casual or fixed-term employment to a more secure form of employment under the Enterprise Agreement conversion clauses or the Fair Work Act? Or perhaps you are already working on your application. At these workshops, NTEU Industrial Officer Simon Kempton and NTEU Organiser Glen Smyth will take members through the relevant Enterprise Agreement clauses and the application process.

By the end of this session you will have a good understanding of the criteria you will need to meet to make an application for conversion, the reasons management can draw on to reject an application (and how to ensure they aren’t misused), as well as how the NTEU will provide support if your application is rejected.

As a professional staff member working at USYD, does the union-won 8-hour day seem like a fantasy or something that belongs to a different time? What if we could change the culture of overwork?

Join us on Thursday 17 July as we start our educative campaign to put fair workloads on the agenda for professional staff at the University of Sydney.

In this session we’ll examine the Enterprise Agreement clauses covering workloads, including the mechanisms for addressing overwork with your manager. The focus will be on practical ways to “manage up” and the benefits of coming together with your colleagues to address workloads.

During this hour we’ll cover some of your key rights under the University of Sydney Enterprise Agreement.

Join current casual NTEU members and NTEU staff as we discuss sick leave, rates of pay for different duties, marking rates, sham coordination and most importantly, how to collectively enforce your rights as members of the NTEU.

In September, 2025 University Management will begin implementation of their Academic Excellence Program (or Framework). What does this mean for you on a practical level? How can you be best prepared and what pitfalls might you need to avoid?

Join us on 12 August 2025 in a session aimed at helping academic staff members of the NTEU to understand the expectations under this new program, and how these expectations intersect with your industrial rights.

Having a colleague join the union because of your outreach can be personally rewarding. Giving them the confidence to take action by standing up for your collective rights is something else again. But how do go about building the union?

Join us for this one hour session as we discuss having structured organising conversations, drawing on the work of renowned union organiser and academic, Jane McAlevey.

This session will cover your industrial right to access personal leave to cover periods of absences for you and those you care for. We’ll also look at the processes University management may follow if you are required to take long periods of leave due to ill-health, and what support is available to you from the NTEU

This session is part of a training program on industrial rights. Members may seek to use industrial relations training leave to attend (although casual academics would need to attend their face-to-face teaching). If you have any questions about this leave, please review EA clause 564 or contact the Branch: sydney@nteu.org.au

Whether it be restructuring of an entire work unit or a change in reporting line, members have significant rights under the Enterprise Agreement with a focus on the need for consultation.

This session will prepare members for different types of change using examples from the University of Sydney. We’ll also look at how the NTEU staff and elected officials support members through change processes, as well as how as a member you can support others going through change.

Are you wondering whether you might qualify for conversion from casual or fixed-term employment to a more secure form of employment under the Enterprise Agreement conversion clauses or the Fair Work Act? Or perhaps you are already working on your application. At these workshops, NTEU Industrial Officer Simon Kempton and NTEU Organiser Glen Smyth will take members through the relevant Enterprise Agreement clauses and the application process.

By the end of this session you will have a good understanding of the criteria you will need to meet to make an application for conversion, the reasons management can draw on to reject an application (and how to ensure they aren’t misused), as well as how the NTEU will provide support if your application is rejected.

Professional Staff are required to undertake a yearly review of their performance. Casual staff can request to participate in the P&D program (and should if they might one day seek conversion). This review is not only an opportunity for management to ensure you are meeting expectations, it’s an opportunity for members to look at whether the duties they are currently performing are reflected in their position description, and if not seek an update.

Ahead of the end of year PP&D review, during this session we’ll look at the P&D process in relation to your industrial rights, including your right to request an update to your position description and a reclassification review. We’ll also discuss how to respond to claims of underperformance. And finally, we’ll also touch on goal-setting for the following year.

Ever wondered how the union and management negotiate your pay and conditions? Or perhaps you’d like to know more about the new intractable bargaining powers provided to the Fair Work Commission.

In this session we will look ahead to the bargaining of the next University of Sydney staff agreement to be negotiated in the latter half of 2026. We’ll explain how the NTEU approaches bargaining both nationally and at the Branch level. We won’t cover our specific claims here; this is all about understanding the process, including how bargaining representatives consult with and draw power from the NTEU membership at the University of Sydney.

NTEU members have won significant parental leave entitlements over eight rounds of enterprise bargaining.

Join us for an hour-long session where we take members through their rights enshrined in the Enterprise Agreement, as well as eligibility requirements. This session will be useful for both primary care giver and partners, and cover the period before the child’s birth, the period following the birth or adoption, and returning to work.

You’ve joined the NTEU; perhaps you have long supported the work of the union in winning and enforcing rights. Or you were encouraged to join by a colleague and thought you should do the right. You may have some questions, such as, how to do you make the most of your membership? And how do you fulfil your responsibility to participate?

Join us as we shine a light on:

• our democratic structures;
• how we provide industrial support and representation to members;
• how legislation and the Enterprise Agreement determine your rights and entitlements and;
• the myriad of ways you can make a contribution to your union.

By the end of the session you’ll understand why we say, you are the union!