Reminder: forward our Temporary Employee Survey to your colleagues

Following our bulletin last week on the issue of Temporary Employees in Legal Aid, we have had some positive feedback. To ensure that our submission to Legal Aid is both accurate and comprehensive we would ask members to forward our survey on to your temporary colleagues, even if they are not members of the PSA, Our Survey is HERE.   The previous bulletin temporary employment within…

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Journey insurance: the PSA has you covered

Did you know the PSA has journey insurance coverage for all its financial members? Your union introduced this in the wake of the State Government’s decision to slash workers’ compensation benefits in 2012. The PSA disagrees with this decision, so will cover members until it is reversed. The PSA’s journey insurance policy can provide salary compensation with weekly injury benefits – 85 per cent of…

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Salaries Case to continue

The PSA’s fight for a salary increase will continue later this month after the hearing did not conclude before the Full Bench on the additional days allocated for the matter (being 24, 30 and 31 July). An additional three days have been set aside for 10,11 and 12 August to try and finalise the matter. The matter has been seriously delayed by the Government’s refusal…

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New training for August and September

Whether you’re still working from home, are slowly coming back to the workplace, or you never left, there’s never been a better time to undertake some training. At this stage, we are running a mix of face-to-face and online training in August and September, and we want you to come join us. We are running full-day face-to-face courses, half-day workshops or one-hour webinars. Of course,…

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Update on changes to the EPA division structures

On Wednesday, 29 July, the PSA met with the EPA to discuss the upcoming divisional changes and administration review. The EPA shared with the PSA plans to create a sixth division, which will likely be focused on providing technical and specialist advice to the other divisions. The EPA also stated that, at this stage, the functions of the other divisions are still being explored. The…

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