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THE UNION FOR WORKERS IN RETAIL.FAST FOOD.WAREHOUSING

SHOP, DISTRIBUTIVE AND ALLIED EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION, NSW BRANCH

WWW.SDANSW.ORG.AUzPHONE 131 SDA STREET ADDRESS: Level 3, 8 Quay Street, Sydney NSW 2000 POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box K230, Haymarket NSW 1240 E-MAIL: secretary@sdansw.asn.au

SDA NEWS EDITOR: Bernie Smith,

Level 3, 8 Quay Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Please address all correspondence to “The Secretary”.

UNION OFFICERS: SECRETARY: Bernie Smith ASSISTANT SECRETARY: Robert Tonkli PRESIDENT: Cheryl Cassell

ORGANISERS LEAD ORGANISERS: Angela Ghanime, Joseph Bourke

METROPOLITAN: Anthony Maiatico, Anthony Attard, Caroline Israel, Chris Stefanovski, Mina Papadopoulos, Tina Callaghan, Joel Tynan, Karl San Pedro, Anthony Day, Whitney Rizk, Alex del Rosario, Alison Varga, Josip Blazevic, Nathan Egan, Jessica Rebbechi, Ben Uphill, Mary Graham, Xavier Walsh, Christopher Raj, Mary Axiak, Jacinta Moore, Alexander Kennedy, James Lu, Nathan Beard, Rachael Hoffman

REGIONAL:

Lower South Coast, Southern Highlands & Canberra: Narelle Atkins, Hugh McLaurin and Joe Rebbechi n phone 6273 2300 Riverina (Wagga/Albury): Struan Timms n phone 6921 8820 Western NSW (Orange/Dubbo): Louise Buesnell and Loretta Turner (part-time Organiser) n phone 6362 1965 Far North Coast (Ballina/Tweed): Trevor McCosker n phone 6686 4192 Wollongong & Illawarra: Vera Cavanagh and Di Dixon (part-time Organiser) n phone 4228 3611 Coffs Harbour and Armidale Region: Mariusz Werstak and Bridget Sheridan n phone 6650 9950 WAREHOUSING AND MANUFACTURING: John Paul Sialafau, Alex Velickovic

SPECIALISTS INDUSTRIAL OFFICERS: Bernard Govind, Mitchell Worsley, Aliscia Di Mauro, Rose Ghabache, Monica Rose WORKERS’ COMPENSATION OFFICER: Michael Babic WHS OFFICER: Jane Lui SENIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER: Felicity Smithson OPERATIONS OFFICER: Phil Walker COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS: Michael Walker, Peter Frawley, Paul Farrugia INFORMATION OFFICERS: Corrine Boyle, David Uzzell, Georgina Psillis, Renee Jaajaa, Nadia Olic, Jessica Chidiac EDUCATION OFFICER: Philippe LeCompte

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What a year!

We have bargained together for new Agreements.

We’ve campaigned together to Change the Rules for fair workplace laws; to demand respect and an end to customer abuse; to work through the bag ban with Don’t Bag Retail Staff; to keep pushing for the return of Boxing Day in Take The Time; and for penalty rates, including very recently actually winning an increase in penalty rates for casuals on weeknights and Saturdays in the Retail Award and in new Agreements!

We’ve fought together for individual members’ issues. All the thousands of roster disputes we take up together. The tens of thousands of members’ questions we answer. The underpayments we fix (into the millions of dollars reclaimed). Helping injured workers with workers compensation. The unfair dismissals, the redundancies and the reinstatements.

In all of these issues, members’ needs have been the focus of the SDA. And what are our members’ key needs?

They need fair pay.

They need safe and respectful workplaces.

They need time away from work with loved ones.

That is what we are focused on!

Bargaining Thanks to members and Delegates strong and united support we have been delivering new Agreements based on SDA members’ four key priorities: Ê Protecting take-home pay Ë Improving penalty rates Ì Securing hard-won SDA Union conditions Í Ensuring pay rises for all members throughout the life of the Agreement.

All of our new Agreements have delivered on these four key priorities, and won new conditions too.

First we delivered it in Coles, then in Woolworths, Priceline, The Reject Shop, various IGAs, David Jones and Kmart.

I would like to thank all SDA Delegates for their hard work and strong workplace leadership in securing these new Agreements.

Levels of support for the new Agreements have been overwhelming because they are good Agreements.

There are so many more Agreements to renegotiate, too.

Customer Abuse Customer abuse is a problem in our industry, and it is not acceptable. Abuse is not part of the job!

Last year, we launched a campaign to address customer abuse — No One Deserves a Serve.

The first stage was a public awareness campaign online, on radio, on billboards, on trains and on TV. In the lead up to this Christmas, we are again running a public awareness campaign. Keep an eye out for the campaign.

Customer abuse is a complex problem to address.

To get real change requires the public to change their behaviour and employers to accept there is a problem of customer abuse.

We recently brought together our members with major employers, industry peak bodies, community groups and government organisations from across NSW to work towards industry-wide solutions.

The aim is to run trials early next year of practical methods to reduce customer abuse.

This is the next step in what is a long and ongoing campaign to address customer abuse, and return respect to the shop floor.

Christmas Day and Boxing Day Trading Hours Part of customer disrespect comes from some customers’ sense that we should always be there at their beck and call whenever they feel like shopping, even on days when we should be home with our families. The fight is not just about Boxing Day — now Christmas Day is under threat as well.

Not satisfied with Boxing Day trading, Woolworths has applied to have people working on Christmas Day! We have strongly opposed their outrageous application.

Woolworths profits from the idea of big family gatherings on Christmas Day, making it even more disgraceful that they are cutting out their employees from Christmas and making them stack shelves.

We will not stop until Woolworths give their workers back their Christmas.

Gladys Berejiklian and her NSW Government has to take responsibility for this situation. They have made it very clear that they want to remove trading restrictions on important days like Boxing Day, and they know that retailers will not stop until they can trade 365 days a year! This Woolworths application is an example of that.

You work so hard in the lead up to Christmas Day that you deserve, and need, two days off to properly celebrate with family and friends — both Christmas and Boxing Day. The only way we can fix this is to shut the shops again. thank you 2018 has been a busy year, a year where the SDA has delivered for members. Together we have been bargaining, campaigning, taking up issues and winning. Together, every day, we work for dignity and respect for all members in all workplaces, for all retail, fast food and warehouse workers.

None of this is possible without the loyal members, the supportive Delegates and the dedicated staff.

I thank all of you for your support this year.

We finish this year a bigger and stronger Union than at the start of this year as we engage in bargaining across our industry.

I wish you and your families a very happy Christmas and an even happier Boxing Day. If you are travelling over Christmas or the New Year, may it be a happy and safe time.

I look forward to serving you in 2019.

Bernie Smith, Branch Secretary

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give us back our boxing d stop the attacks on chris The NSW Government stole retail workers’ Boxing Day, and now Christmas Day is under attack.

now christmas day is under threat, too!

Woolworths has applied for the right to trade and have workers stacking shelves on Christmas Day!

While most people across NSW are spending valuable time with family and friends this Christmas, many thousands of workers will be compelled to give up their family time as a direct result of the Berejiklian Government’s decision to allow trading on Boxing Day.

Gladys Berejiklian and her NSW Liberal Government has to take responsibility for this. They made it very clear that they want to remove trading restrictions on important days like Boxing Day, and they know that retailers will not stop until they can trade 365 days a year!

by Bernie Smith Branch Secretary

Opening stores on Boxing Day just robs people of valuable time with their families.

There is no economic argument for opening shops on 26 December.

While work on Boxing Day is meant to be ‘voluntary’, the reality is that’s not the case.

Getting together on Boxing Day is a great Aussie tradition — playing backyard cricket, or heading to the beach, or sharing a BBQ snag with family and friends. It should not be a day when workers are forced to work a cash register or stock shelves.

The sales can wait until 27 December.

This is why the SDA has launched TV ads in the lead up to Christmas demanding the NSW Government give us back our Boxing Day. See the TV ad at bit.ly/BoxingDayAd.

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The SDA has strongly opposed this outrageous application.

Because of the Berejiklian Government’s attacks on Boxing Day, retailers like Woolworths are coming after Christmas Day! give us back our boxing day The NSW Government must put the needs of families in NSW first, and reverse their decision to rob people of their Christmas time this year. Give us back our Boxing Day before we lose our Christmas completely!

Send the Berejiklian Government a message to give us back our Boxing Day. Just go to bit.ly/TellGladys to send a message to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her Treasurer Dominic Perrottet. some families are more equal than others Woolworths has just put in an application to have people work on Christmas Day this year!

Their plan to have workers stocking shelves on Christmas Day is un-Australian. This move will rob thousands of workers of Christmas with their families.

Workers will be stocking shelves when they should be getting ready to open Christmas presents with their kids, preparing for their Christmas lunch, or simply just relaxing.

Woolworths is happy to profit from Christmas, but their application shows they are willing to forget the Christmas spirit entirely when it comes to their employees.

While they are making money and promoting Christmas pop outs, it seems family Christmas is being cut out for their workers.

We have demanded that Woolworths withdraw it’s application to trade and stock shelves on Christmas Day.

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help us to stop woolies ruining christmas Sign the petition calling on Woolworths to withdraw its application to rob workers of their Christmas this year – and don’t forget to ask your family and friends to do the same.

Go to bit.ly/TellWoolies to sign the petition.

Let’s make Woolworths give workers back their Christmas.

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ALP pledges to give Boxing Day back to families If family time on Boxing Day and protecting Christmas Day is important to you, then you will have a clear choice at the NSW elections next year on Saturday 23 March.

Labor will change the law, close the shops on Boxing Day and give Boxing Day back to the families of NSW. To change the law, we need to change the government.

In stark contrast, the Liberal Berejiklian Government will allow all shops to open on Boxing Day, leaving Christmas at risk, and putting unfair pressure on retail workers to give up their Christmas.

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Labor leader Michael Daley launched the SDA’s ad calling on the NSW Government to give us back our Boxing Day. We know that Michael deeply supports this cause.

His own daughter works in retail in Melbourne, and because of Boxing Day sales has been unable to come back to Sydney for Christmas.

Michael understands that if you need to travel, you need Christmas and Boxing Day. He understands if you want to see the extended family you need Christmas and Boxing Day. He understands many people are juggling spending time with Mum, then with Dad, so they need Christmas and Boxing Day. your choice is clear If Christmas Day and Boxing Day are important to you, your choice is clear on Saturday 23 March at the NSW election. Vote to give us back our Boxing Day.

how to get Boxing Day back Ê Send Premier Gladys Berejiklian a message.

Go to http://bit.ly/TellGladys.

Ë Tell Woolworths to withdraw their application to trade and stack shelves on Christmas Day. Go to

http://bit.ly/TellWoolies to sign the petition.

Ì Watch the ad “Give us back our Boxing Day” at http://bit.ly/BoxingDayAd.

Í Read the letter we sent to Treasurer Dominic Perrottet on work/life balance at

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your public holiday entitlements The following is a general explanation of public holiday entitlements and trading hour arrangements for shop assistants working in general

by Robert Tonkli, shops in NSW this Assistant Secretary festive season.

CHECK YOUR AGREEMENT It is most important to note that the specific entitlements with respect to public holidays are governed by the Agreement or Award applicable to your employment.

Depending on which company you work for, there may be some differences in the rights outlined below. Check your specific Agreement or Award or contact the SDA to ensure your workplace entitlements are observed.

If you have any questions about your public holiday entitlements or trading arrangements, please speak to your Delegate, contact your Organiser, or phone the SDA on 131 SDA (that’s 131 732).

CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas Day, Tuesday 25 December is a public holiday in NSW. The Retail Trading Act provides that only shops with a valid trading exemption can open for trade on Christmas Day. In addition, the Retail Trading Act provides that all work performed on this day is strictly voluntary. This includes take away shops and service stations.

If your shop is permitted to open, you can only work if you choose to volunteer. It is not permitted by the Retail Trading Act to roster you to work on Christmas Day unless you volunteer to do so.

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Where a shop does not have an exemption to trade on Christmas Day, it is not permitted to engage a shop assistant to perform work behind closed doors.

BOXING DAY Boxing Day, Wednesday 26 December is a public holiday in NSW.

The Retail Trading Act provides that where shops open, they must do so on the strict condition that employees have freely elected to work on the day. This includes take away shops and service stations.

If your shop opens on Boxing Day, you have an absolute right to refuse to work on the day.

NEW YEAR’S DAY New Year’s Day, Tuesday 1 January is a public holiday in New South Wales.

AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Monday 28 January is the Australia Day public holiday in NSW. Saturday 26 January is not a public holiday in NSW. This is because the Public Holidays Act 2010 provides that where Australia Day falls on a Saturday, the following Monday is declared a public holiday.

DO you HAVE TO WORK ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY? Most Agreements negotiated by the SDA provide that all work on a public holiday is voluntary for all employees, including casuals.

Full-time and part-time employees who are rostered on but refuse to work receive the benefit of the public holiday at their ordinary-time rate of pay.

For employees covered by the General Retail Industry Award, public holiday entitlements are covered by the National Employment Standards (‘the NES’).

The NES provides that an employee is entitled to be absent on a public holiday, however, an employer may request that an employee work on a public holiday if the request is reasonable.

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If your roster is changed to your detriment over the Christmas/New Year period, or if you are not paid correctly, you should contact the Union immediately.

If you are rostered to work on a public holiday but you are sent home early, it is the Union’s position that you must still be paid for the total number of hours that you agreed to work. This applies even to casuals.

If you are sent home early and not paid for the full hours you were contracted to work, you should contact the Union without delay.

PUBLIC HOLIDAYs FALLing ON NON-ROSTERED DAYs If you are covered by a Collective Agreement, this will depend on the specific provisions in your Agreement.

However, for members employed under the General Retail Industry Award, no non-working-day benefit applies.

This means that if you are not rostered to work on a public holiday, you will not be entitled to the payment of an additional day’s wages.

WORKING ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEAR’S EVE A number of Agreements contain

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With Christmas fast approaching, SDA members should be aware of your public holiday rights. The simple rule in NSW is this: you have an absolute right to refuse to work on Christmas Day and Boxing Day – it’s the law!

If you say “no” to work on Boxing Day, fines of up to $11,000 apply to anyone who makes you work on Boxing Day. christmas/new year Public holidays: This season, the following public holidays will be observed in New South Wales, and will attract the public holiday penalty rate:

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Tuesday, 25 December (Christmas Day) Wednesday, 26 December (Boxing Day) Tuesday, 1 January (New Year’s Day)

christmas day: By convention, most shops close on Christmas Day. boxing day: Shops can only trade if everyone working in the shop has

freely volunteered to work. It is illegal to open if any employee did not freely elect to work. Delegates and members should refer to their Enterprise Agreement. The SDA has prepared a range of company specific public holiday bulletins that detail entitlements for major companies.

The one relating to your company should be available in your store or you can access it in your user dashboard on the SDA website: sdansw.org.au/user. Alternatively, you can scan the code here using your QR-enabled device. ; contact the sda: If you have any questions or concerns, speak to your Delegate, SDA Organiser, or call the SDA on 131 732.

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Say “no” to work on Boxing Da The SDA will continue to call on the NSW Government to return Boxing Day to retail workers and their families.

by Bernie Smith Branch Secretary

Keep an eye out for the ads we are running in the lead up to Christmas (stills of the ads are shown opposite).

Retail workers work so hard in the lead up to Christmas Day that you deserve, and need, two days off to properly celebrate with family and friends — both Christmas and Boxing Day. You need two days for so many reasons: So you can travel safely to enjoy time with family who live some distance away;

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Whatever the reason, retail workers need two days off because Christmas just isn’t Christmas without Boxing Day!

You have the right to refuse!

You shouldn’t have to close down your family life on Boxing Day just because your employer wants to open the store. You have an absolute right to refuse to work on Boxing Day. While stores may be able to trade on Boxing Day this year across NSW, all retail and fast food workers have the right to refuse to work on Boxing Day. You have the right to have the day off. It is illegal to pressure you into working.

Your store is only allowed to trade if employees have volunteered to work.

We understand there is real pressure to work on the day, but you will have the 100% support of your Union if you want Boxing Day off. If an employee is forced to work on Boxing Day, their employer may face a fine of up to $11,000 for each employee forced to work on the day.

If you feel in any way pressured to work on Boxing Day, please report it to the SDA by email or by calling us on 131 732.

Boxing Day belongs to you and your family.

Just say “no” to work on Boxing Day.

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Ê All work on Boxing Day is completely voluntary for retail and fast food workers. Ë It is illegal for employers to require a retail or fast food employee to work on Boxing Day. face fines of up to $11,000 per individual employee if they force or require them to Ì Employers work on Boxing Day and the employee did not freely elect to work. Í These rules also apply to salaried managers who cannot be required to work on Boxing Day. can download a simple SDA form to hand to your employer if you don’t want to work on Î You Boxing Day. Go to http://bit.ly/2fcntME. PAGE 8 i summer 2018 i SDA NEWS

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Building on the support from running last year’s No One Deserves a Serve public awareness campaign, the SDA is again running a national advertising campaign calling on customers to check themselves before they checkout.

This year’s campaign builds on last year’s and includes another ad which highlights that fast food workers demand to be treated with respect too!

It’s disappointing that we need to run a campaign to remind people not to be abusive, but unfortunately it’s necessary — particularly during the Christmas period.

The ads will run through the December Christmas rush and into the busy January sale period to remind customers to keep their cool. You can see the ads at http://bit.ly/NODASFastFood.

After being impressed by last year’s campaign, the ACT Government is joining forces with the SDA to remind shoppers to keep their cool at the check-out this festive season.

In November, ACT Minister Rachel StephenSmith joined SDA Delegate Catherine Hooper and SDA NSW & ACT Secretary Bernie Smith in launching ACT materials to educate customers about the epidemic of workplace abuse and their responsibility to keep their cool. There are also materials to inform retail workers of their rights. All the material was co-badged with the SDA, Access Canberra and the ACT Government.

The materials have also been made available in three additional languages — Hindi, Vietnamese and Chinese.

fast food workers, which is simply not okay and must change.

by Felicity Smithson Senior Operations Officer

In the lead up to Christmas, we have

been very busy working with NSW safety regulators, the ACT Government, industry associations and concerned employers on ways to prevent bad customer behaviour in fast food and retail shops.

We know that Christmas isn’t always all carols and mistletoe and that people get stressed and frustrated during the festive season, but we want to remind customers that they have no right to take their frustrations out on retail and fast food workers who are simply trying to do their job.

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An important part of the campaign is to remind workers of their rights in the workplace.

Workers often feel intimidated and unsure as to what they can do if they’re abused by customers.

The SDA will support you, and the ACT Government will, too.

It’s great that the ACT Government has got behind this campaign — it just goes to show how seriously the government is taking the issue of customer abuse.

SDA & iCare NSW host industry meeting

Customer abuse is a complex problem to address. To get real change requires the public to change their behaviour, and employers to accept there is a problem of customer abuse.

As part of our strategy to deal with the epidemic of abuse and violence in the workplace we recently brought together our members in NSW with major employers, industry peak bodies, community groups and government organisations from across NSW to participate in a landmark Roundtable meeting to work towards industry-wide solutions.

The meeting was attended by iCare NSW, SafeWork NSW, the National Retail Association, the Shopping Centre Council, Woolworths, Coles, Kmart, Aldi, The Reject Shop, David Jones, McDonald’s, petrol station operators and many more retail and fast food employers.

The power of our members’ harrowing everyday stories pushed all those involved to work hard to come up with practical solutions to a complex problem.

Much remains to be done, but significant progress was made. The aim is to run trials early next year of methods to reduce customer abuse. The trials will be run by Griffith University and the outcomes properly measured. This will enable us to thoroughly evaluate what works. What does work will then be promoted throughout the industry.

Thank you to all our Delegates and members who are speaking up about this problem so that, together, we can start to fix it.

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SDA wins better penalty rates for casuals

In September, the SDA won a major case in the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to increase penalty rates for over 350,000

by Robert Tonkli, Assistant Secretary casual retail workers on Saturdays and on weeknights after 6pm.

As a result of this win, casual employees covered by the General Retail Industry Award will now receive penalty rates in addition to casual loading.

First lodged in 2015, the SDA’s application to lift casual rates in the General Retail Industry Award was part of the Commission’s long-running review of Modern Awards.

The increases to the General Retail Industry Award started from 1 November 2018 and will be phased in incrementally over three years (see table).

Fairness for casuals The FWC’s decision to approve the proposed penalty rate increases put forward by the SDA brings casual workers into line with the loading that permanent employees already receive.

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These measures go some way to addressing the unjust treatment of casual workers under the Award — workers who are not properly compensated for the absence of sick pay, annual leave and the insecurity of their work.

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This will result in significant pay increases for over 350,000 hard-working retail employees on the Award, and will have important flow-on effects for employees on enterprise bargaining agreements right across Australia’s retail sector.

The SDA continues to fight to improve the wages and conditions for all our members, including casuals. It pays to be a member of the SDA!

A wider impact

We welcome the Fair Work Commission’s decision as a major win that will result in significant pay increases for hundreds of thousands of retail workers.

The win will flow on to SDA-negotiated industry agreements including the Woolworths Supermarkets Agreement (if it is approved by the Fair Work Commission) and the Coles Supermarkets Agreement.

This win means that casual workers covered by the Retail Award will receive casual loading on top of penalty rate loadings for weeknights and Saturdays.

The increase to casual penalty rates is another example of the SDA and its members continuing to stand up for fair pay and for an increase in wages.

Earlier this year, the SDA, along with Australian Unions, also won the right for casual employees to formally apply for permanent work and overtime rates of pay for casual employees in relevant Awards.

SDA WINS FOR CASUALS IN 2018

WIN! Overtime rates of pay for casual employees cove red by the Retail, Fast Food and Ha ir and Beauty Awards.

WIN! New right for ca sual employees to formally ap ply for permanent work in the Retail Award.

WIN! Increased pena lty rates on weeknights and Satu rdays for casual employees cove red by the Retail Award.

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Tertiary Education Assistance from the SDA TE AP

TERTIARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 2019 APPLICATION FORM

The SDA is proud to help SDA members who are studying at a tertiary level with their education costs.

The Union has $1,200 TEAP packages for SDA members to assist them with expenses relating to their university studies in 2019.

There are also six $600 TEAP packages to help those studying at TAFE and other tertiary colleges in 2019.

Full details are set out in the “Conditions of Entry” on the back of this leaflet.

Members must use the Application Form contained in this leaflet to apply. Please attach additional pages if you require more space.

Applications must be received by the SDA’s Sydney office no later than 1 February 2019, and successful applicants will be notified by post in February 2019.

But remember — the Tertiary Education Assistance Program is available only to financial members of the Union.

HELPING TO BUILD YOUR FUTURE

Members can apply right now for assistance with the cost of undertaking tertiary education through the SDA’s Tertiary Education Assistance Program (TEAP).

The application form can be downloaded from the SDA website at sdansw.org.au Under this program, ten SDA members at University will receive $1,200 each and six members at TAFE will receive $600 each towards their educational expenses.

Applications must reach the SDA by Friday 1 February.

reaching out to young workers The SDA has launched a new drive to recruit young workers starting their first job and to talk to them about their rights where they are — on social media.

The new recruitment drive, which is being rolled out via social media is a response to research which found young workers had very limited knowledge of their rights or the role of unions in helping them with their workplace problems.

A large number of young people barely know unions exist, let alone how they can help, or why they should join one.

Additionally, research from the University of Sydney found that 25% of student retail workers were being underpaid, and 35% were not receiving the correct weekend rates.

The SDA has taken a ‘back to basics’ approach with our new campaign, providing simple, easy to understand information about workplace rights, what unions are, and what they do. social media campaign In order to provide this information, we want to reach young workers where they currently are, and that’s on Snapchat, Instagram and, to a lesser degree, Facebook.

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We’ve posted videos on several social media platforms, with the first one answering the basic question of ‘what is a union?’. Other videos explain basic workplace concepts like wages, weekends, annual and equal pay and are designed to speak with young workers at their level. young worker hub In addition to our activity on social media, the SDA has also developed a young worker hub called 100% Pay (100percentpay.com.au) to provide reliable information on workplace rights and how the Union can assist.

The hub is a place where young retail and fast food workers can go for simple and clear information about their basic rights at work.

To get them started, we’ve provided a quick quiz on their six basic rights at work. If a young worker finds they are not receiving what they’re entitled to, they can get in contact with the Union.

The SDA’s new focus is consistent with the ACTU’s drive to recruit and assist young workers, which was discussed at the ACTU triennial Congress in Brisbane earlier this year.

great news at woolworths Voting on the new Woolworths Supermarkets Agreement closed on 22 October, and we are very pleased to announce that a yes vote won the day with a whopping 93% support from members.

The Agreement will now go to the Fair Work Commission for approval and, when approved, will come into effect on 7 January 2019 or seven days after approval, whichever is the later.

Eligible members should have received their Wish gift cards in mid December.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to our Delegates for their very hard work in explaining the Agreement to tens of thousands of their workmates.

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SDA & TWU FORM ONLINE RETAIL & DELIVERY The SDA and the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) have set up the Online Retail & Delivery Workers Alliance — an alliance aimed at bringing fair standards to the growing online industry.

The move to build the Online Retail & Delivery Workers Alliance comes as: u The SDA starts proceedings in the Fair Work Commission for a member sacked from work at an Amazon Fulfilment Centre. u Retail unions globally in UNI, including the SDA, have formed the global Amazon Alliance. u The global unions for retail workers and for delivery workers, UNI and International Transport Federation, have agreed to work closely together to organise Amazon.

The SDA and the TWU will work together to organise online retail and delivery workers to secure collective bargaining, fair pay, secure work, workers compensation, leave entitlements and a safe working environment.

The Alliance will bring together all workers in the online retail businesses, no matter how they are hired, to improve their working life.

Already over 2,000 workers in online retail in NSW have joined the SDA, the online retail workers union. Combining this with delivery drivers, the Alliance takes co-operation between the SDA and the TWU in this area to a new level, as part of global union moves to provide security for workers in the online retail industry.

While new and innovative ways of working are always welcome, what will never be welcome is old-fashioned exploitation dressed up in shiny ‘new economy’ clothing. we don’t want this here The Friday after Thanksgiving is called ‘Black Friday’ in the United States, and is associated with retail discount sales both in stores and online. It is a phenomenon that has recently spread to Australia.

This year, Black Friday across the world was not just about mark downs, it was also marked by protests.

Amazon was particularly in the spotlight over poor working conditions, with workers across Europe and the US holding demonstrations on Black Friday.

The UK’s GMB union revealed that ambulances were called out 600 times to 14 Amazon warehouses over three years, with one pregnant woman forced to stand for 10 hours a day.

We’ve seen shocking examples of workers in online retailers overseas subjected to appalling working conditions.

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We can’t afford to let that happen in Australia, which is why we’re taking the unprecedented step of joining together with the TWU to maximise our capacity to protect workers in the industry.

Workers at Amazon Fulfilment Centres in Australia have been joining the SDA, despite employment arrangements where online retail workers are employed in insecure work through a labour hire agency, Adecco, rather than being directly employed by Amazon.

They are joining the SDA even after the labour hire agency made it clear that they didn’t want any caps or lanyards with union logos on the premises.

They are joining the SDA even after the first worker to join the union in the Amazon Fulfilment Centre, Raj, was sacked. The SDA has filed proceedings in the Fair Work Commission for Raj.

about raj Raj has worked in warehouses for 20 years. He is a hard worker and a good worker. He and his wife, who works in retail, have built a life together and raised two sons together on a modest income in South West Sydney. They worked hard and put both sons through university.

One has gone on to become a doctor and the other a solicitor.

Raj doesn’t understand why he was sacked. He just wants to go back to work at Amazon, keep working hard, keep building a life and keep being a member of his union.

We are not going to accept the sacking of a worker who joined the union, and just wants to work enough hours to support his family.

To see more about Raj’s story, go to http://bit.ly/OnlineWorkersAlliance. covering the entire supply chain Through the Online Retail & Delivery Workers Alliance, the SDA and TWU will support each other to reach out to workers within the Amazon retail and transport supply chain in Australia to let them know they have rights, and that they can exercise those rights.

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called on Amazon to work with our Alliance to ensure respect for workers and the community in Australia.

“The ITUC stands in solidarity with the SDA and TWU Online Retail & Delivery Workers Alliance in Australia, and undertakes to support them in their endeavours to bring respect and fairness to Amazon workplaces,” General Secretary of the ITUC Sharan Burrow said. here for you If you are an online retail worker, a warehouse worker or you work online for the majority of your hours but also do some deliveries, the SDA is your Union. If you are a delivery driver servicing online retail sites, the TWU is your Union. Together we all belong in the Online Retail & Delivery Workers Alliance.

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This is a strong result and well above the Core Strategy performance objective of Inflation (CPI) + 3% p.a. over a rolling 10-year period.

The Rest Core Strategy performance amounts to around a 105% cumulative return during the past 10 years.

Rest’s ranking on the table below shows it continues to be amongst the top performing superannuation funds. Only ‘0.28%’ separates the top 10 performing funds.

Managing the downside Rest places a strong emphasis on protecting members’ investments against adverse economic and investment risks as markets move through the highs and lows of the investment cycle.

Rest believes understanding and managing uncertainty and risk is central to this process of ‘smoothing the investment ride’. For this reason, Rest continues to see good reason Fund Option Return as at 30 September 2018

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union picnic day 2018 Harbour Cruise on Starship Sydney, Tuesday 6 November 2018 PICNIC DAY IS AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME SHOP ASSISTANTS IN NSW, AND FALLS ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER, WHICH IS OF COURSE ALSO MELBOURNE CUP DAY. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THAN WITH A RACING THEME! ONCE AGAIN, SDA MEMBERS HAD A GREAT DAY OUT AT VARIOUS EVENTS AROUND THE STATE. here are pics from our sydney event.

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Myth busting long service le Most people know

the general rule of long service leave in NSW: if you work for a company for ten years with continuous service

by David Uzzell, Information Officer

you are entitled to long service leave.

However, there are some aspects of long service leave that a lot of people have misconceptions about.

Below we deal with three myths relating to long service leave in NSW. Please note: the information in this article relates to long service leave in NSW only — see box below for ACT arrangements.

MYTH

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Only permanents get long service leave

Wrong! In NSW all employees are entitled to long service leave. Casual service counts towards service for the purpose of long service leave. So if you work for two years as a casual and then eight years as a permanent, that counts as ten years’ service and you are entitled to long service leave.

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Payment is based on the hours you have worked over your employment

When you accrue long service leave, you accrue it in weeks, not hours. So after 10 years’ service, you have 8.67 weeks long service leave. When you take long service leave or have it paid out on termination, it is paid out on the basis of your “ordinary pay”.

Ordinary pay does not include any overtime, penalties or loadings.

For full-time employees, your ordinary pay is the greater of the following: u your weekly pay at the time the leave is paid; or u your average weekly pay for the past five years.

For casual and part-time employees that work irregular hours, your ordinary pay is the greater of the following: u your average weekly pay for the past twelve months; or u your average weekly pay for the past five years.

The upshot of this is that it doesn’t matter how many hours you were working 10 years ago. It only matters what hours you have worked recently.

Facts about long service leave in the ACT In the Australian Capital Territory, all employees are entitled to long service leave, including casuals.

When?

Employees are entitled to long service leave after seven years’ continuous service.

Employees are entitled to the equivalent of one month long service leave for every five years of service.

How much?

Payment of long service leave is at the employee’s “ordinary remuneration”, which does not include penalties or loadings, but does include some allowances and bonuses.

For a full-time employee, ordinary remuneration means their weekly wage or salary at the time the leave is paid.

Leave is taken at a time agreed between the employee and the employer.

For a part-time or casual employee, ordinary remuneration is based on the average number of hours worked by the employee over the last 12 months.

However, an employer can give an employee notice in writing that they must take leave after 60 days from the date of the notice.

If a casual or part-time employee has been employed full-time sometime in the last two years, then the ordinary remuneration is based on an average over the last five years.

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Entitlements on termination An employee who has between five and seven years’ service will be paid their long service leave on termination if they resign because of illness or incapacity, or because they have reached retirement age.

An employee who has between five and seven years’ service will be paid their long service leave on termination if they are dismissed by their employer for any reason other than serious and wilful misconduct.

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For example, you could have spent the first 20 years of your employment working full-time, then decide as you reach retirement to drop to part-time for your last five years.

In that circumstance, your long service leave is paid out using an average of your part-time hours, not your full-time hours. You would receive more pay if you took the long service leave before dropping your hours.

Long service leave MYTH only gets paid out on if you have 3 termination been employed for ten years or more

Usually this is right. However, there are some circumstances where you can get your long service leave paid out if you leave after five years.

If you have between five and ten years’ service and you resign, your long service leave should be paid out if you have resigned because of: illness or incapacity; or u a “domestic or other pressing necessity”. u

A domestic or other pressing necessity can include things like having to take care of a sick or injured family member, or having to move interstate due to family circumstances.

You can also be paid out long service leave if you have between five and ten years’ service and you are dismissed by your employer. As long as the dismissal is not for serious and wilful misconduct, the long service leave should be paid.

If an employee dies with more than five years’ service, their pro rata long service leave should be paid to their estate.

WIN ONE O F

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We’re giving away 50 DVDs of Ladies in Black.

To enter this competition, simply: 1. Register online at www.sdansw.org.au or 2. Scan this image with your QR-enabled smartphone or 3. SMS the word ‘Ladies’, your full name and membership number to 0429 577 943 or 4. Enter by mail – write your name, address, SDA membership number, phone number and employer’s name on a piece of paper, pop it into an envelope and mail it to: SDA Competitions, PO Box K230, Haymarket NSW 1240.

You must have your entry in by

FRIDAY 25 JANUARY 2019 Entries are limited to one per member.

The first 50 entries drawn from the barrel will win.

Winners from the competitions held in each issue of SDA News can be found in the infonet section of www.sdansw.org.au

new agreement at kmart Following extensive negotiations between

The Agreement protects existing team

the SDA and Kmart, a new Agreement has just

members’ pay and ensures that existing team

been voted on by SDA members.

members’ take-home pay will increase with:

91% of voting Kmart members voted yes

Regular pay rises.

to the Agreement, which took place online

Higher weekday pay rates protected for

from 21-30 November 2018.

existing employees.

The Agreement delivers an outcome

New and increased penalty rates.

consistent with the SDA’s four key priorities, set and endorsed by hundreds of SDA store Delegates at meetings held throughout Australia: Protection of your take-home pay.

If approved by team members, the Agreement will commence seven days after approval by the Fair Work Commission.

The Agreement has a nominal expiry date of four years after the date of approval or

New and increased penalty rates.

28 February 2023, whichever is the earlier.

Yearly wage increases.

For more details on the new Agreement, go

Most hard-won union conditions retained.

to national.sda.com.au/kmart/

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changing jobs? be careful!

Our lives never stay the same for long. Sometimes our circumstances change and this has an impact on

by Mitchell Worsley, the type of work we Industrial Officer want to do. Often this can mean reducing hours of work, changing rosters or changing the type of job. It is important for workers in these positions to understand their rights and obligations.

Changing between full-time, part-time and casual work Generally, workers are employed on either a full-time, part-time or casual status. Your contract of employment will usually state under which status you are employed. If you want to change your status, you will need to talk to your employer about the process.

Unless there is a specific provision in an enterprise agreement, you will not usually have a ‘right’ to switch between full-time, part-time and casual employment. So you will need to reach agreement with your employer to do so. The same goes if you want to change the amount of hours you are employed for under a part-time contract.

Even if your employer agrees to let you change to a casual status, remember that casual workers do not have a ‘right’ to be rostered for shifts. So be careful if you are changing your status to casual.

What rights do workers have to change?

Sometimes there are provisions in enterprise agreements and Awards that assist workers in changing their employment status. For example:

The General Retail Industry Award now contains a right for a regular casual worker to request to change the employment from casual to permanent.

For example, a Department Manager who wants to step down to a shop assistant would not have a right to do so. They would have to get agreement from the employer first.

A new right recently won in the Fair Work Commission by the SDA and other unions where employers must have a good reason for saying “no”.

Don’t resign!

If you can’t reach agreement with your employer, be careful about your next step.

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It is already in some enterprise agreements and will likely be in more as they are re-negotiated.

Some enterprise agreements (including Woolworths and Coles) give part-time workers the right to increase their core part-time hours where they have consistently worked additional hours over the course of a year.

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Employers must respond to this request in writing within 21 days and have a good reason for saying “no”.

If you don’t have a right under an enterprise agreement or Award, make sure you get agreement from your employer before changing your status.

Stepping down Another situation that can arise is when a worker wants to step down from one classification to another.

Unless there is a specific provision in an enterprise agreement, you will not usually have a ‘right’ to step down to a lower classification.

Only resign if you are certain that is what you want to do.

Make sure you contact the SDA for advice before you resign.

In a recent unfair dismissal case, a leisure centre worker had decided to take up university study and asked her employer if she could change the hours she worked.

The employer refused to give the worker the exact hours she requested because the business needs could not be met at those times. However, the employer offered to accommodate the worker by proposing new hours of work that fit with the worker’s availability but under a lower classification. The worker then resigned.

The worker argued in the Fair Work Commission that she had been forced to resign because the employer acted unreasonably.

The Fair Work Commission found the worker had not been unfairly dismissed because it was the worker who sought the change and the employer acted reasonably by taking into account the needs of the business. contact the sda Always contact us before you make a change. We can advise you on your rights and help you to avoid unforeseen consequences!

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another great fundraiser October is breast cancer awareness month, and the SDA has for many years supported the cause.

In addition to

by Monica Rose, purchasing pink Industrial Officer ribbons for our Delegates, the Union held a fundraiser at the union offices.

On the Friday before Grand Final Day, we held a charity breakfast in the SDA Training Rooms with special guest speaker Greg “Brandy� Alexander and Pink Ribbon Ambassador Karen Foster.

This event raised over $5,000. Thank you to our many supporters.

Thank you to all Delegates for helping this great cause. In total the Branch raised more than $10,000 for needed research.

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For this day only, SDA members, their families and friends are entitled to a special $36.00 admission price (that’s more than 40% off the normal adult price).

All of Jamberoo’s rides will be in full swing, including ‘Funnel Web’, the exciting thrill ride, ‘The Taipan’, the giant Outback Bay wave pool, the iconic mountain toboggan, Surf Hill – the eightlane aqua racer, the Rapid River ride with waves and waterfalls, The Rock – a five-metre free-fall drop, Billabong Beach – an aqua park for the littlies, Mushroom Pool, and much more!

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Tickets can be purchased through our website at sdansw.org.au, or by filling out and sending in the form below with payment.

To attend, you must pre-purchase your tickets through our Sydney office either using the application form below or via our website.

The SDA has secured the use of the Park’s barbeque area for a BBQ lunch for our members, which will be held between midday and 1.30 pm. Members who attend can take advantage of some great value lunch options which the Park is making available for us. There are three options: u A: Banjo’s Aussie BBQ: A barbecue rump steak topped with bbq onions and a tasty beef sausage. Served with a side of potato salad, coleslaw and a crusty bread roll. Choice of can of soft drink or bottle of water. u B: Banjo’s Vegetarian BBQ: Barbecue vegetable skewer, vegetable rissole, corn on the cob, with bbq onions. Served with a large portion of potato salad and a crusty bread roll. Choice of can of soft drink or bottle of water. u C: Sammy’s Sausage Sizzle: A tasty barbecue beef sausage served in a crusty bread roll, topped with bbq onions and choice of sauce. Choice of can of soft drink or bottle of water.

To join in our BBQ lunch, you must pre-purchase a lunch ticket on your application form. You will be sent a special voucher(s) to redeem on the day, along with your admission ticket(s).

PLEASE NOTE: No alcohol is permitted.

If you’re paying by credit card, you can fax the completed form to the SDA Sydney office on (02) 9281 7050.

For more information about this Family Day, please contact the SDA Information Centre on 131 SDA (131 732).

APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY friday 1 february 2019.

NO EXTENSIONS ARE AVAILABLE. Admission and meal tickets are valid on Sunday 24 February 2019 only.

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The Sydney Tower Eye

Madame Tussauds

Sydney Aquarium, Darling Harbour

SDA members and their families are entitled to a 20% discount on single adult and child entry tickets upon presentation of their current SDA membership card.

SDA members and their families are entitled to a 20% discount on single adult and child entry tickets upon presentation of their current SDA membership card.

SDA members and their families are entitled to a 20% discount on single adult and child entry tickets upon presentation of their current SDA membership card.

t (02) 9333 9222 a sydneytowereye.com.au

t (02) 9333 9240 a madametussauds.com/sydney

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WILD LIFE Sydney

Australian National Maritime Museum

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Gold Coast

Featherdale Wildlife Park, Doonside

Illawarra Fly Treetop Adventures

SDA members and their families are entitled to a 20% discount on single adult and child entry tickets upon presentation of their current SDA membership card.

SDA members and their families are entitled to a 20% discount upon presentation of their current SDA membership card.

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SDA members and their families are entitled to a 25% discount upon presentation of their current SDA membership card.

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Europcar Rentals SDA members receive exclusive rates when they rent with Europcar. Simply quote 47699503 when making your booking. No PIN or Velocity number is required. For more information, phone Europcar on 1300 131 390 or go to europcar.com.au.

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