1 May 2025 

Term 2 Women’s e-News

Key topics:

• Superannuation
• Parental leave and entitlements
• Labour Day 2025
• Respect@Work

Paid super on unpaid parental leave

In 2024, it was announced that Queensland’s State government public sector employees, which includes teachers, will have superannuation contributions paid for them for the whole 52-week period of parental leave, whether the leave is paid or not.

If you are a member of a QSuper defined benefit account (including QSuper’s State account) then superannuation contributions for periods you are on unpaid parental leave will be paid to a QSuper accumulation account. The new arrangements will be backdated to 1 July 2024.

Know your working conditions: Parental leave and entitlements

Online information sessions via Teams have been scheduled across 2025, hosted by subject matter expert: Gillian Crotty, Assistant Secretary – Women’s Officer, Social Welfare. A QTU Organiser will also support each session.

Dates:

• 18 June, 4pm
• 20 August, 4pm
• 12 November, 4pm
   

Invitations will be sent to members in the lead up to each session.

Each information session is intended for:

• temporary, permanent and long-term casual employees; and
• delegated decision makers
   

The purpose IS to educate QTU members about:

• who is eligible for the paid parental leave entitlement and how to access it; and
• the rights associated with parental leave under the Industrial Relations Act 2016.
   

The purpose IS NOT to provide:

• individual advice on the particular circumstances of individual members. That’s what the QTU Assist Desk is for – 1300 11 78 23.
   

Labour Day 2025

Please join us! Details about statewide events are available on the QTU website.

Please send your QTU member photos from Labour Day to 0419 381 333. In your text, tell us who you are and the Labour Day event you are attending. Please ensure you have social media photo sharing permission first!

Respect@ Work – News from the Queensland Council of Unions

The Queensland Attorney-General has announced a delay on the commencement of key Respect@Work and anti-discrimination reforms, originally set to begin on 1 July 2025.

Those new legal protections are intended to strengthen protections against discrimination and importantly a broader positive duty for employers to take action in preventing discrimination, harassment, and unfair treatment.

This pause puts essential workplace protections at risk, despite years of extensive consultation and broad community support for these reforms. The Queensland Council of Unions is seeking your input on the impact of this delay.

You are invited to complete a short survey to share your views on these reforms and their importance for Queensland workers.
 

​​​​Kind regards,

​​​​Gillian Crotty
QTU Assistant Secretary - Women’s Coordinator, Social Welfare Issues

 Authorised by Kate Ruttiman, General Secretary, Queensland Teachers' Union
21 Graham Street, Milton, QLD, Australia, 4064