<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="" title="Australian"><span>Australian</span></a><span> Education Union is urging the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victorian"><span>Victorian</span></a><span> government to trial a four-day work week for teachers to avoid future recruitment issues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With the right to work from home set to be enshrined in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/law" rel="" target="" title="law"><span>law</span></a><span> in the state, the union put the teacher proposal to the government late last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The AEU is recommending a 30.4-hour job-share model in public schools to allow teachers to have working from home options while keeping students at school five days a week.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/prime-minister-anthony-albanese-teases-announcement-of-highspeed-rail-connecting-east-coast-cities/776b67a2-e778-4c28-83dc-0ab0a8bf4e32" rel="" target="" title="Is Australia finally about to get a high-speed rail announcement?"><strong><span>Is Australia finally about to get a high-speed rail announcement</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/opposition-leader-angus-taylor-unveils-new-shadow-ministry/93562d0e-c423-4ecf-b732-b509582c9719"><strong><span>Major returns and promotions as new opposition leader unveils shadow ministry</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AEU president Justin Mullaly said the trial could help attract and retain </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/workplace" rel="" target="" title="staff"><span>staff</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What we want to see the state government do is introduce a trial that would provide some real flexibility for staff in our public schools, so that they might attend on-site for less and be able to have access to some work from home," Mullaly said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-news-australian-education-union-pushes-for-fourday-work-week-trial-for-teachers/b1c18ad4-3796-4666-9bea-83e6c28d9114" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The union believes the move could lure more people into the workforce as the sector faces a shortage of staff.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brendan-breen-missing-fathers-mystery-disappearance-now-considered-suspicious/04c89457-4ee7-4ac3-951e-6f2dd0bfda77" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Father's mystery disappearance now considered suspicious</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/accc-discount-court-case-coles-says-shoppers-care-about-fair-dinkum-discounts/9f68fa13-0675-40e1-b9c3-b63bfaf56002" rel="" target="" title="Coles tells court shoppers care about 'fair dinkum' discounts"><strong><span>Coles tells court shoppers care about 'fair dinkum' discounts</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victorian Deputy Premier Ben Carroll said the state's teachers were among the "best in the nation".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our teachers do deserve nationally competitive wages and they do deserve nationally competitive awards and conditions," Carroll said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Australian Principals Federation said it would be challenging to put the proposal into effect, arguing teaching is a social job and an important part of the job is being at school.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and 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