Staff will go on strike for an hour this afternoon in hundreds of locations across the country, marking their first time to stage a walkout amid an ongoing bargaining round for better wages which was again pushed back on Monday.
CPSU’s claims include Services Australia workers being “attacked” by the welfare agency on a raft of matters including entitlement claims, workloads, leave obligations, flexible working arrangements, consultation, and family and domestic violence. One unusual practice previously called out by employees was that of timed toilet breaks in the agency’s call centres, which was defended on the basis of being a productivity boosting measure.
“Services Australia is the only agency to table cuts to employees’ entitlements in bargaining,” CPSU tweeted.
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