Meeting for members at the Art Gallery of NSW

Join your PSA organiser and delegates for a members’ meeting to discuss how your union can best support your workplace. This is an opportunity for members and non-members to meet with your PSA organsier and delegates to learn about the role of the PSA in your workplace and discuss any issues. Members are encouraged to send any agenda items that they would like discussed to…

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First meeting of the Fair Trading Consultative Committee

As you may be aware, your union has been pressuring the Department of Customer Service (DCS) to engage in consultation with us through a Fair Trading Consultative Sub-Committee of the Peak Joint Consultative Committee. Despite a number of suggested dates, DCS continued to drag its feet until we invited them to attend the Industrial Relations Commission with us to explain their failure to consult. Your…

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PSA takes DCJ to the Industrial Relations Commission

As previously distributed, the PSA raised a dispute with Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) regarding their expectation of the Helpline and DV Line returning to the office ‘principally”. This would mean attending the Liverpool office, or a local Community Service Centre (CSC) if you are a regional Helpline Caseworker, at least 50 per cent of your shifts. This policy came about in response to…

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Don’t forget your right to disconnect

Following the Union movement’s win legislating the right to disconnect for federal workers, employers across the board, including the Department of Education have recognised the importance of switching off devices outside of work for state based employees. The Secretary of the Department of Education, Murat Dizdar, has made his commitment to protecting uninterrupted personal time and restricting non-emergency communication outside of school operating hours clear…

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Multicultural NSW Language Services JCC subcommittee

Following on from yesterday’s bulletin on the wider Multicultural NSW JCC, the PSA also met in May for Language Services matters.  Please find a report back below on this meeting. Senior practitioner project The PSA requested an update from MNSW on the Senior Practitioner project. MNSW advised the project has been successful and MNSW is considering offering more term-based employment rather than casual employment for…

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