Remote work is a big bargaining issue for the Community and Public Sector Union, which wants codified rights in the next enterprise agreement

“Members have consistently reported … the uneven approach and application of UNSW departments to flexible work arrangements in this area and the current policy is unhelpful in enforcing their rights,” the CPSU tells members.

This appears to refer to a bit in the 2021 flexible work policy, “depending on the nature of their role, staff may choose to work from home or in an alternative work location outside the office that is both safe and productive.”

UNSW should have seen this one coming.

In 2020 a staff survey there found 3 per cent wanted to work on campus full-time (CMM July 22 2020)