Travelling Compensation dispute

A communication from the Department’s Chief Financial Officer has been sent to all Department of Customer Service Staff in relation to the following: Use of Purchase Cards (P Cards) Meal expenses on one-day Journeys – Field vs Non-field staff The PSA is in dispute with the Department in relation to Travel Expenses and the use of P Cards and will be seeking the assistance of…

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DCJ Communities: PSA win for temporary staff, plans for a gradual return to offices and more

Covid-19 and return to offices PSA Delegates and Staff recently met with the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) to discuss COVID-19 conditions and how DCJ is looking at moving forward with restrictions easing and some workers starting to return to offices. DCJ advised strategies and arrangements that are in place would continue until at least July. There will be flexibility for Districts to make…

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Are you an Interpreter/Translator on the Multicultural NSW panel?

If you do interpreting and/or translating work for Multicultural NSW, you need to read this message. The Public Service Association (PSA) is the union that covers all workers at Multicultural NSW including interpreters and translators.  The PSA is also the only union party to the Crown Employees (Interpreters and Translators, Multicultural NSW) Award (the Award) which Multicultural NSW wants to change.  What does ‘party to…

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National Parks and Wildlife Service update

Name change from POVB to NPVB Recently the POVB (Professional Officers Vocational Branch), under the PSA constitution, moved to change the name of the group to the National Parks Vocational Branch (NPVB). The change of name to NPVB ensures it is inclusive off ALL staff in the NPWS. This will strengthen the vocational branch and we encourage all of you to join. Joining details can…

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Flexible Working Hours and recreation leave

The PSA has been in ongoing discussions with icare in relation to the current restrictions that have been placed on your access to your Flexible Working Hours Agreement. Throughout those discussions, and in an attempt to resolve the issue, a further concern has arisen between icare and the PSA in relation to excess recreation leave, transitional flex leave balances and icare’s overall situation resulting from…

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