PSA/CPSU retains Home Care coverage in major case win

PSA CPSU retains Home Care coverage in major case win - April 2016 (PDF version) On Friday 22 April, the Fair Work Commission published the decision of its Senior Deputy President Hamberger which allows your union to continue to provide you with coverage and protection in the workplace following your transition to the private sector and the federal industrial relations system. Fair Work's decision removes…

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Home Care Your Transfer package and tax

Home Care Your Transfer package and tax - April 2016 (PDF version) Your union, the PSA, has received a number of questions from our members in Home Care/Australian Unity about the percentage of tax taken out of their eight-week transfer payments. We can inform members that their transfer payments are classified as an Employment Termination Payment (ETP) for the purposes of calculating tax. This means…

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Email broadcast to all members in Corrective Services

Incompetence or contempt - you decide This State Coalition Government decided to close 3 NSW prisons and downgrade another when its own Bureau of Crime Statistics (Bocsar) said prisoner numbers were rapidly increasing. INCOMPETENCE. On top of the changed workers compensation legislation, this Government, with the stroke of a pen, made a policy decision to stop staff from being able to use their own accrued…

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RMS IVR meal allowance bulletin

Meal allowance update to PSA RMS members - April 2016 (PDF version) At the February 2016 PSA IVR Advisory Group meeting, an issue was raised concerning meal allowance payments whilst travelling away in the field. The issue was specifically around Inspector Enforcement Officers (Formerly IVRs) on the 0001-0800 shifts being paid the meal allowance for lunch on the last shift. The PSA Advisory Group raised…

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Finance, Services & Innovation - Gosford Relocations

Finance, Services & Innovation - Gosford Relocations - 15 April 2016 On 6 April 2016 DFSI Executive announced the planned relocation of more than 300 roles to the Central Coast by December 2018. The Department is yet to confirm the exact timing. The PSA and DFSI staff were not consulted prior to the announcement. The PSA will now seek member feedback on the relocations. We…

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