In an admirable deal, Swinburne University and the NTEU have agreed to give victims of domestic violence an additional 5 days of paid leave per year. We support this progressive agreement, and hope it will assist victims in being supported by their workplace.
ALMOST 3000 employees have won the right to extra paid leave to help them deal with domestic violence, under a landmark deal between Victoria’s Swinburne University and the National Tertiary Education Union.
Under the deal, which the union said went further than previous agreements struck in the tertiary sector, any Swinburne employee experiencing domestic violence will have access to additional paid leave of five days a year. Previous deals struck with universities have not guaranteed extra paid leave.
