Medical certificates: It’s time for a change

Over the last few weeks, medical practitioners have called for the practice of employers requiring medical certificates when workers have called in sick to cease, as they struggle to deal with increasing rates of illness and overwork. In principle, the PSA agrees with this: In the current cost of living crisis, it can be prohibitively expensive to attend a GP Many PSA members are shift…

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Vote now on your new award

Following on from our last Members meeting on 29 May 2024 the PSA committed to putting out to Members a vote to seek your support for making a new Award to replace the Crown Employees (Law Enforcement Conduct Commission) Award 2018. The PSA acknowledges that this has been a very lengthy consultation process to get to this point. Without going into exhaustive detail but for…

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PSA Update: Sheriff’s Office Advisory Group (SOVBAG) & Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)

As we reach the mid-year mark, your union, the PSA, has the following updates to provide following our quarterly SOVBAG and JCC meetings. SOVBAG Meeting and JCC On 14 May 2024, SOVBAG convened at PSA House, followed by a Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) session with NSWSHO management on 30 May 2024. Sheriff Officer Uplift The Uplift was discussed at the JCC, with no significant updates.…

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Excess Travel Time Proposal

At a recent meeting, Department of Customer Service (DCS) management raised the issue of the calculation of Excess Travel Time for Service NSW employees with no fixed headquarters. At the meeting management proposed the following: The application of a 30-minute cap for daily travel for business purposes, at the commencement and conclusion of each shift/day ie periods in excess of 30 minutes would be treated…

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PSA meeting: Community Corrections Coffs Harbour

This PSA will be attending the Coffs harbour Community Corrections office on Tuesday 11 June at 12:00pm to meet with members in order to discuss and seek further input regarding the Improvement Notice recently placed on Coffs Harbour Community Corrections by SafeWork. The wider implications of this notice, and potential resolution will be of primary focus. In attendance will be Jackie Carovska PSA Industrial Officer Rebecca…

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