EPA Bulletin - EPA directing staff to return 3 days per week

As you are aware the PSA met with the EPA management, 30 March 2022 with regards to the EPA directing staff to return 3 days a week to the workplace. At this meeting the EPA management advised the PSA, that some staff wanted to work from home and some staff wanted to work from the office and based upon this meeting with the EPA management…

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Community Corrections – Practice Reviews

PSA members have raised the issue of practice reviews, whereby offenders provide survey reviews of interviews conducted with them by staff. In particular, members are concerned that the survey data will be used in effect as “customer reviews” and serve as a performance measure for performance management. The PSA met with DCJ Employee Relations on 23 March 2022 to clarify arrangements. The agency stated that…

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Department of Customer Service Recurring Joint Consultative Committee update

Your PSA representatives recently met with the Department of Customer Service (DCS) for the Recurring Joint Consultative Committee (RJCC). The following is a report back to members on matters that were discussed. COVID-19 update In response to concerns with returning to office, DCS is reviewing and updating the COVID-19 safety plans for each of the work sites. In the interim, current safety measures such as…

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Education Joint Consultative Committee update: LTT contract extensions, hybrid working, restructures and more

In this update Temporary employees' contract extension Covid-19 Safety measures – Hybrid Working in 2022 New Student and Parent Experience (SPX) Complaints Unit Schools Infrastructure – Procurement Restructure Inductions PSA /DOE Consultation PSA staff and delegates met with the Department’s industrial relations representatives for the Corporate and Field Staff Joint Consultative Committee meeting on 16 March 2022. In addition to standing agenda items, we raised…

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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions: Workload dispute update

The PSA attended the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) on 31 March 2022 for a report back to Commissioner Webster regarding the current consultation dispute proceedings, reported on in our last Bulletin to members found HERE. The PSA earlier filed a case outline and proposed directions indicating that we would be seeking an Award: enshrining aspects of the Flexible Work Agreement including a Safe Workload Practice…

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