2022-09-16
A new public holiday has been declared for September 22nd, additional to the existing public holiday on September 23rd — and as with every public holiday…
2022-08-11
HACSU is aware Life Without Barriers is trialing the “CardHero” payment app in a number of houses. We have serious concerns regarding the rollout of this…
2022-06-02
Last year HACSU ran our biggest ever safety audit across disability. A follow up to our first safety audit in 2020, it was our biggest survey ever. We found worrying trends across the sector — but we've also found…
2022-05-23
Urgent meeting regarding CIS released to members at MCM regarding transfer of services to Able Australia
2022-03-16
The Health and Community Services Union welcomes the Andrews Government’s announcement of a trial of five days' sick pay for people in casual and insecure work — with disability care being selected…
2022-03-10
HACSU has been negotiating for a replacement Disability Services Enterprise Agreement Victoria 2022-2025(DSEAV 2) the since September, with Home@Scope, Life Without Barriers and Possability working productively with us to discuss…
2022-02-24
Almost one-third (31%) of nearly 2500 disability support workers surveyed said they wanted to be in a different job in twelve months’ time. Nearly a third (31%) wanted to leave their jobs because of negative…
2022-02-15
HACSU has joined a number of other unions, disability advocacy groups, and employers in calling for desperately needd financial support, asking Prime Minister Scott Morrison to meet with stakeholders to discuss an action plan for the sector.
