Staff Association representatives are in regular contact with CSIRO Executives responsible for the organisation’s coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce response.
We believe that the safety of CSIRO staff should remain paramount and that financial disadvantage should be minismised for all employees – permanent, fixed-term, casual, contractor or labour-hire – as a direct result of management decisions or directions in response to COVID-19.
This is a special resource for CSIRO Staff Association members. If you’re not yet a member of the union, email us for more information about membership.
Following the most recent formal negotiation meeting, all bargaining parties have arranged for an Enterprise Agreement (EA) proposal to be submitted to the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) for assessment.
The union representing CSIRO staff has welcomed news that a multi-million dollar upgrade of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory – to be renamed Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness – will proceed with an additional funding boost to support the facility’s research to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
CSIRO has commenced the first stage of testing potential vaccines for COVID-19. The testing, expected to take three months, is underway at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong.