RFS Award Update – RFS tries to make changes to award outside bargaining

You may recall in the Message from the Commissioner sent to all staff on the 12th August 2021 (Link to Email Here), a commitment was made: “As I have said many times, we will not support changes to the RFS Award unless they are supported by staff. We have listened to your feedback, and we will not seek to implement the proposed changes”. On 9…

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COVID 19 exposure at Parliament House

The PSA has been contacted by Parliament House management regarding the presence of a positive COVID case last week. The PSA can confirm that the Parliament and NSW Health have reviewed the location of the worker, and advised all relevant staff and contacts of the need to isolate. Those staff will be paid to isolate or Work From Home. We are advised that there were…

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Sick leave entitlements - PSA Win!

We have recently been made aware of rules for managing sick leave in the EdConnect Contact Centre that do not comply with the Award and are overly punitive. Your PSA representatives raised this with Department of Education (DOE) Employee Relations which resulted in the rules being retracted. We have sought formal consultation with the Department to ensure that the processes and the messaging sent out…

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THE BENEFITS OF FLEXIBLE WORK

THE BENEFITS OF FLEXIBLE WORK Flex time is a well-known form of flexible work which allows employees to make adjustments to when they work within particular bandwidths and to take days off using accrued hours. However, flexible work is more than this and includes; • Part-time work, compressed hours, job-sharing • Leave without pay, career breaks • Working from home or working remotely • Accessing…

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Heritage NSW members bulletin

During Tuesday’s Town Hall meeting, and following extensive feedback, Heritage NSW announced the final Change Management Plan. The PSA welcomes the acknowledgment of the CMP’s impact on employee’s mental health through the proposed Resilience Training expected be offered soon to Heritage employees’. It was therefore disappointing that this discussion was centred on the pandemic with no acknowledgement of the significant workload issues already experienced and…

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