PSA’s Special Constables dispute set for preliminary IRC hearing on 23 July 2019

The PSA advised members last week that the Special Constables Role Description dispute had been lodged with the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC). The dispute concerns the continued failure of the NSW Police Force to agree to appropriate Capability Levels in the Role Description for the role of Special Constable and provide a final determination in a timely manner, as detailed in a previous bulletin available…

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Fire and Rescue NSW Draft Work Health and Safety documents

FRNSW has provided the PSA the following draft Work Health and Safety documents for consultation. You can see the documents HERE and HERE. FRNSW has advised that existing risk-management policy and processes have been incorporated into the new FRNSW procedure format. Further, FRNSW advises that any additional requirements that have been introduced are focused on: Developing strategic level processes with an emphasis of providing relevant…

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2019 PSA/CPSU NSW Women’s Conference

The 2019 Women’s conference is being held on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 September at PSA House in Sydney. The Conference will connect women members from across the state and from all employers. This year’s theme is “Anything is Possible”. What a fantastic opportunity to get new and experienced delegates together to build fairer workplaces. This Conference will give you the tools and the confidence…

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Role Description, Capabilities and MyPerformance

As members will be aware, management met with members on Tuesday, 2 July 2019 and presented information on the Role Description and Capabilities required and myPerformance. This meeting came about as a result of PSA Delegates requesting at the last JCC meeting that management conduct a presentation with staff. Delegates had made it clear to management they were not happy with a number of points…

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FAQ's Delegates’ Meeting Live Stream Monday - 8 July 2019

There have been 3,000 job cuts announced. Can we be sure there will be no job cuts in the regions? This is absolutely a priority for the PSA. We know that public sector job cuts hurt, but regional public sector jobs cuts hurt regional communities even more than when it happens in Sydney. We intend to hold Barilaro to his promise that regional areas as…

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