This piece was originally published in our the FSA Voice (October 2018 edition). Many of us are going to experience a disabling medical condition, even if it is just transitory. When that happens, the law protects us at work. The duty to accommodate is a doctrine fashioned by the courts in their development of constitutional and statutory human
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The FSA is pleased to announce that FSA member Colin Jones will be taking on the role of Chief Negotiator for the upcoming round of bargaining. Colin served on the FSA’s bargaining team for the last two rounds, and has previously been an FSA Board Director. He has also sat on a variety of committees
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As many of you will know already, after 12 years of contributing his knowledge, expertise, insights, and humour to the FSA, Executive Director Paul Reniers is moving on (well, up) to a position with MoveUP. It is with a heavy (collective) heart that we say goodbye to Paul and thank him for his tireless work
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As the FSA’s Collective Agreement Committee ramps up our preparations for bargaining, we are learning more about the political realities facing public sector unions in this round of bargaining. “The expectations will be high among unionized workers, because they have a more friendly government in Victoria, but that involves some very large expenditures, and this
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