PSA bulletin: NSW Schools COVID-19 guidelines for Term 3 2021

As you will be aware Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong, and Shellharbour local government areas have been issued Stay at Home Orders from 26 June 2021, initially scheduled until 9 July. On 7 July 2021 the NSW government extended the lockdown arrangements a further week until 16 July which coincides with week one of NSW Schools Term 3. On 8 July PSA officers…

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It’s official: Awards made by Industrial Relations Commission

The PSA today appeared via video link in the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC). In the proceedings, the Awards listed below were made by the IRC and will stay in force from 1 July 2021 for a period of 12 months. The new Awards will result in a 2.04 per cent increase to salaries and salary-related allowances from the first full pay period on or after…

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Call for nominations: Office of Children’s Guardian Workplace Group

We need you! Become a PSA Delegate The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the Office of Children’s Guardian (OCG) was held online via MS Teams on 27 May 2021. A key component of the AGM is the election of your OCG PSA Delegates. At the meeting there was insufficient members in attendance to proceed with election of workplace Delegates. We are now calling for Delegates…

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NSW Police State Intelligence Command: Flexi-time consultation and working from home

Flexi-time for Intelligence Officers and Statisticians Members may have heard that State Intelligence Command (SIC) management has commenced a process of putting all newly appointed and promoted staff onto rosters and converting their SAP positions from Flexi-time to rostered. The PSA requested consultation on this and management confirmed the plan at a meeting on Tuesday, 6 July 2021. The process only applies to Intelligence Officer…

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RFS Award Consultation Update/Survey Results – Message from the PSA

The PSA Survey in relation to the proposed changes to the RFS Award Consultation closed recently. Below is a snapshot of your response and the key themes provided in feedback from our members. Thank you to all members who completed the survey and provided their feedback. Survey Results Proposal / Survey Question In favour Against The proposal to record the hours of work. 68% The…

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