DFSI Christmas closedown bulletin

DFSI Christmas closedown bulletin - November 2017 (PDF version) DFSI has issued a memo titled ‘DFSI Christmas closedown’ to staff. A link to the DFSI memo is HERE. Paragraph six states DFSI will require employees to take 10 consecutive days of recreation leave where it has identified that an employee has accrued a recreation leave balance of 30 days or more. DFSI management has determined…

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Roads and Maritime Services Rozelle bus bulletin

Roads and Maritime Services Rozelle bus bulletin - November 2017 (PDF version) Members might be aware from newspaper reports in the Illawarra Mercury of the issues regarding Rozelle bus operations. The PSA and combined unions negotiated operation of the bus following the decision to move staff into the Rozelle offices after the North Sydney relocations. The very limited public transportation options required the facilitation of…

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Department of Education – your rights: Christmas closedown

Department of Education - your rights Christmas closedown - November 2017 (PDF version) As Christmas approaches, many staff will begin to receive directions from managers or supervisors in relation to the Christmas closedown. The Christmas closedown period for 2017/18 will take place between Monday 25 December and Friday 5 January, inclusive. The PSA has already been informed of a number of instances where staff have…

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Inequity of KPIs

Inequity of KPIs - November 2017 (PDF version) At the recent Joint Consultative Committee meeting with management, your union, the PSA (CPSU), raised concerns around KPI measures. Many of the issues around KPIs are unique to document registration. The current reporting systems are unsophisticated and do not allow variance for degree of difficulty of work or hours worked. Staff should be raising this issue both…

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Justice Flexible Work Hours Agreement update

Justice Flexible Work Hours Agreement update - November 2017 (PDF version) The Department of Justice, PSA and the delegate FWHA Advisory Committee have reached an in-principle agreement concerning the terms of a new Flexible Working Hours Agreement for the whole of the Department. The process has been lengthy and the agreement was originally due to be finalised by July 2017. However, negotiations for the agreement…

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