Public Trustee: Estate Management restructure update

You may be aware the consultation period for the restructure ends on Friday 15 October 2021. The PSA is compiling a written response outlining your concerns. This reply is due back on 15 October. We strongly encourage any further feedback to supplied to and as soon as possible to ensure it is included in the response. The PSA and your Delegates are in the…

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RFS COVID-19 Risk Assessment

The RFS recently communicated with employees their risk assessment regarding COVID-19 plans and vaccination and can be viewed here and here The PSA is strongly urging all members to respond to the RFS with their feedback; barring that, you can reach out to a PSA delegate, or the PSA directly (listed below) if you wish for us to raise issues on your behalf. Your PSA…

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Corrective Services NSW: Proposed strategy for ongoing (full-time) and casual recruitment

On Thursday 7 October 2021, the POVB State Executive met with Directors of HR and Senior Management in relation to Corrective Services NSW's (CSNSW’s) proposal to change its recruitment strategy. For many years, the pathway to an ongoing Correctional Officer role was via casual recruitment. HR proposed that moving forward, CSNSW will have two separate recruitment processes: Direct Ongoing Recruitment; and Casual Recruitment. CSNSW will…

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Update: Senior Specialist Psychologists reclassification

Thank you to all the members who responded to the PSA’s last bulletin regarding reclassification. Last week, the PSA met with Corrective Services Human Resources and Dr Jayson Ware Group Director, Offender Services & Programs. The PSA stressed the inequity of how reclassification has been administered, highlighting scenarios where experienced Psychologists have either been told they are ineligible to apply or have not been successful…

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Consultation opens on new TfNSW drug and alcohol policy

On Thursday 30 September your union, the PSA met with the department to discuss their proposal for a new transport wide drug and alcohol policy. For those members who were formerly employed by the RMS, you may remember a pilot program of a similar policy had begun immediately prior to the announced dissolution of RMS. There are a number of key changes to the existing…

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