Annual General Meeting for Office of the NSW Ombudsman

The PSA Annual General Meeting for the Office of the NSW Ombudsman Workplace Group will take place on Tuesday 7 December, 2021 at 12:00pm. It will be held via Teams due to working-from-home arrangements. As a PSA member, you are formally invited to this meeting. Please click HERE to join the Teams Meeting. The past two years have been particularly challenging for working people. The…

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COVID-19 safety plans being requested for private functions

Members from various parts of Corrective Services have notified the PSA of an attempt to require staff to submit COVID-19 safety plans for social gatherings with colleagues, even if these gatherings are out of hours and on weekends. So long as the event is not funded or organised by Corrective Service, this requirement should not have been imposed on members. The need to submit a…

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Use of the Corrective Services NSW email system

The PSA is aware that a number of allegations of misconduct have been made against our members’ use of the Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) email system. These allegations can include matters such as: Comments about or to a colleague; Images being shared; and Joking about work-related matters or inmates. There are also some more serious allegations. We are aware that most of these comments are…

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Additional COVID Safe Measures Commencing Monday

Many of you would know the TfNSW COVID Safe Measures Policy is coming into effect from 6 December 2021. The PSA wants to remind members to have their vaccination declarations in by 11:59 pm 5 December 2021. You need to make the declaration even if you are not vaccinated. TfNSW has said to the PSA a failure to make a declaration will be considered a…

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Clarifying bulletin regarding PSA Submission to Broderick Review

This morning you would have received a PSA bulletin titled “We want to hear from you” containing the survey for Parliamentary Staff to complete to assist in compiling the PSA’s Submission into the Broderick review. The PSA is very supportive of the Broderick review into bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct in NSW Parliament and encourage members to also directly participate in that review if you…

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