Consultation Opens on Draft Risk Assessment

This week, Personal Injury Commission (PIC) employees were advised at a Town Hall that consultation had commenced on the draft COVID 19 Office Risk Assessment. Employees should have received a consultation pack and copy of the draft Risk Assessment to review. Consultation on the draft Risk Assessment will close Wednesday 9 February 2022. Your union is aware that PIC has not offered a channel for…

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TfNSW continue to be obstructive – Update on Flex Time, Workloads and Members Meeting

Since last year the PSA has been engaging with TfNSW on workload issues in TSS.  As we indicated in our members meeting on 13 January 2022 we have been awaiting a written response from TfNSW.  Last week TfNSW provided a paltry written response. The response from TfNSW continues to obfuscate matters in an apparent attempt to cover their tracks. Not only does the response contradict…

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COVID Safe Policy: Novavax and what is happening come February if you remain unvaccinated

Novavax  With the approval of Novavax in Australia TfNSW will not be taking disciplinary action against those employees who sought an exemption from vaccination because they are waiting for Novavax. TfNSW will be making contact with those employees. As the PSA pointed out to TfNSW, members may have sought exemptions not based on waiting for Novavax but who would get vaccinated if they could use…

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Family Ambulance Coverage extended for PSA members

The PSA/CPSU NSW Executive has decided to extend coverage for members families in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic until further notice. How does it work? If a member or their direct family member is hit by injury or sickness, they will get emergency ambulance transport to the nearest available hospital equipped to deal with their condition, all without the nasty bill at the end.…

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DCJ Communities: Covid isolation rules – Department will consult prior to any changes being made

On Thursday 13 January 2022, National Cabinet made amendments to the current COVID isolation rules that potentially apply to you and your workplace. Up until that decision, persons defined at the already downgraded category of ‘close contacts’, those who share a household with a positive COVID case, were required to self-isolate for an already reduced six days. The latest amendments to this rule mean workers…

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