PSA calls on Government to honour wage policy after pay win

The Industrial Relations Commission today ruled that the full 2.5% available under the Government’s wages policy be paid to members employed under the Public Sector Salaries and related awards. An interim increase of 2.27% has already been paid. Today’s decision by the Commission is available HERE. The PSA now calls on the Government to accept the Commission’s decision and honour its own wages policy and…

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PSA wins redundancy rights for public sector workers

Today’s ruling by The Court of Appeal has opened the door to redundancy provisions being inserted into awards for public sector workers being battered by the O’Farrell Government said the Public Service Association (PSA). The Court of Appeal found a Government regulation which excluded redundancy provisions being contained in awards was invalid. The effect of this decision is to remove the restriction on including redundancy…

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Ground Breaking Win for PSA

Members, In 2011, the Government, at the stroke of a pen, unilaterally changed rights around redeployment and redundancy pay for public servants. The PSA has repeatedly fought against this radical change and last week had a ground-breaking win in the Court of Appeal which will benefit all PSA members working in the public service. This win came about as a result of the PSA’s application…

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PSA win forces Government to consult

The PSA had a significant victory yesterday in relation to consultation mechanisms across the public sector with a win in the Industrial Relations Commission. In 2012, the State Government introduced a new consultation policy that scrapped the long standing agreed policy from 1997 that set out defined consultation provisions and guaranteed the central role of unions in the process. The 2012 policy effectively made consultation…

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Legal Aid Consultation Win

On 5 June 2014, Commissioner Newall in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission heard a dispute lodged by the PSA regarding lack of consultation by Legal Aid NSW over a restructure which resulted in staff cuts from seven to three in the Grants Records Section. In his recommendation that the parties meet to properly discuss workloads, Commissioner Newall also placed a significant focus on the welfare…

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