Human Services staff reject EBA again

Staff of the federal Department of Human Services (DHS), which covers Centrelink, Medicare and the Child Support Agency, voted to reject a management-proposed enterprise bargaining agreement that would strip away workplace rights and conditions.

This is the third comprehensive “No” vote in 14 months in DHS, which is the Commonwealth government’s largest public service agency.

The “No” vote represents a further blow to the Turnbull government’s public sector bargaining policy, after an overwhelming 82% "No" vote by staff at the Border Force and Immigration Department a week earlier.

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