Department of Customer Service: PSA travelling compensation survey

The PSA is conducting a short, but important survey of members employed by the Department of Customer Service in positions that are classified as field workers. Field workers includes, but is not limited to members employed as; SafeWork Inspectors, Fair Trading Inspectors, Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Inspectors and Independent Liquour and Gaming Inspectors. Additionally, if you are required to regularly travel within a set geographical…

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Environment Protection Authority members' bulletin

The PSA invites all members to join us to provide updates on a number of important issues. A Teams meeting will take place at 12:30pm Wednesday 9 February 2022. Click here to join the meeting Agenda Restructure of Legal Branch - Draft Change Management Plan & proposed recruitment process EPA’s Covid response Return to Work protocols WHS workload Contact Peter Clark Organiser

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Congratulations on your new Delegate at Victims Services

We recently said our goodbyes to Nathan Rodrigues, PSA Delegate for Victims Services who represented members’ matters in a most knowledgeable and professional way. His empathy and understanding of an issue are to be commended. We loved working with Nathan! True to his style, he did not want to leave without talking to another member about stepping up in his place. We are therefore pleased…

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Environment Protection Authority Legal Branch restructure update

The PSA attended a briefing with the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) on 31 January 2022 regarding a restructure of its Legal Branch. The PSA requested a further meeting with EPA’s management prior to a proposed draft Change Management Plan (CMP) being finalised and released to staff by 2 February 2022. However, no such meeting was arranged. The draft CMP was then provided to the PSA…

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Update on proposed drug and alcohol policy

Late last week your union, the PSA wrote to the department notifying it we are in dispute around the proposed drug and alcohol policy. The PSA is disputing this policy on the basis that the final procedure and policy did not address the various concerns we raised during the consultation period. The policy and procedure: Retains the blanket 0.0 per cent blood alcohol concentration (BAC)…

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