Move to Parramatta from Henry Deane Building: Department continues to move the goal posts

The move to Parramatta is only weeks away and there remains little transparency about what is happening. The PSA met with Employee Relations & Workplace Transformation on 28 February 2022 and raised the following matters: There is no senior leadership presence at PSQ6 (Parramatta Square). This is unlike other agencies CSNSW employees are sharing with at Parramatta. Members are feeling abandoned and devalued. Members are…

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Office of the Sheriff: Staff shortages, bullying, and fair pay rises

The Sheriff’s Office Vocational Branch Advisory Group (SOVBAG) met on Wednesday 23 February to discuss a number of key industrial issues affecting its members. Staff shortage crisis across the Office of the Sheriff The PSA and the SOVBAG Delegates raised the issue of chronic staff shortages with the Sheriff and her executive team in our Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) meeting. The historic staff shortage across…

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Natural disasters: your rights and additional support from the PSA

In light of the severe and life-threatening flooding across parts of NSW this week, the PSA reminds members that their union has award clauses to support all workers unable to attend work in natural emergences such as floods. Don’t forget that, just like with the train shut down last week, under the Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Reviewed Award 2009 an employee prevented…

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PSA update: School Psychologists

In this bulletin Update on School Psychologist Award negotiations NSW’s Public Sector Wages Policy PSA Consultative meetings Working within your Role Description Supervision for Provisional Psychologists Special Leave for Examinations Update on School Psychologist Award negotiations Award negotiations between the PSA and the Department are ongoing. The PSA is seeking a one-year Award to enforce the current maximum 2.5 per cent pay rise, backdated to…

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Shared Services: Workload issues

The PSA has been working with members at Shared Services in Goulburn and Parramatta to gather information on workload issues across the state. The union has received feedback about increased workload on top of normal duties and changes in work without adequate consultation. This has been further impacted by staffing shortages, illness and staff needs, such as proper training, not being adequately met. The PSA…

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