You are entitled to flexible working hours and flex days

You work hard for DCJ. You are entitled to flexible working hours and flex days – it is part of your conditions of employment  The granting of flex leave is not a favour, is not a reward, nor is it a gift. The Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Award 2009 commits the parties to this Award to: 21.1     Fostering flexible work practices with…

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You work hard for DCJ. You are entitled to be paid for the work that you do

You work hard for DCJ. You are entitled to be paid for the work that you do – it is part of your conditions of employment.  Being paid to be On-Call is not a gift from the Department, it’s your entitlement The Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Award 2009 commits the parties to this Award to: 91. Recall to Duty   91.1    A staff…

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Your timesheet is a legal document.  You must accurately record your hours of work.

Members have reported that they are being directed to under record the hours that they are working.  This is WRONG.  Members need to accurately record their hours, the accurate recording gives the PSA the evidence that it needs to fight excessive workload and forfeiting of hours. Your health and wellbeing is at stake if you are constantly working under an unsustainable workload. The Association recently…

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POVB bulletin: Roles and responsibilities

There is currently a dispute with Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) regarding roles and responsibilities between Functional Managers and Senior Correctional Officers. When Benchmarking reform was implemented and CSNSW deleted the rank of the Assistant Superintendent, the POVB was very clear that if it was CSNSW’s intention to push the AS roles down to the SCO level, that rank is to be remunerated.  This is for…

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Independent Review Office Joint Consultative Committee Meeting 28 February 2023

Your union and local delegates attended the first Joint Consultative Committee for 2023.   At the meeting, the following items were discussed: Recruitment Process ILARS are about to appoint 1.6 FTE Principal Lawyers and some Principal Lawyers on contract have had their contracts extended. An IT position and a Policy Officer position are being filled and contract roles to full time roles in admin positions are…

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