Department of Premier and Cabinet: proposed amendments to your Flex Agreement

The PSA is currently negotiating your flex agreement with the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC). At the previous flexible working hours committee meeting, DPC proposed the below amendments to the DPC Flexible Working Hours Agreement (FWHA): DPC proposed Amendment Current Provision in your Flex Agreement DPC recommendation 1.    Bandwidth Bandwidth of 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday. Expand bandwidth from 6am to 10pm, Monday…

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Medical escorts

A motion came out of South Coast Correctional Centre for state-wide support regarding medical escorts and staffing.  At this stage, whilst we have significant support, there is an issue with the motion for sub branches for areas such as five-day court locations. If they were to have three staff go out on a medical escort, they would not have enough staff to continue working the…

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National Heavy Vehicle Regulator update

This morning the Assistant General Secretary, Troy Wright, met with Transport for NSW (TfNSW) which advised Cabinet has approved the transition of Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme from TfNSW to the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR). TfNSW will be sending out communication to staff today. TfNSW and the PSA will continue to meet in the new year to discuss the transition. However, it is likely this…

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State Parliament and Members of Parliament Staff members’ meeting dates for 2021

Please find below the 2021 State Parliament Members Meetings Dates for State Parliament PSA Members and Members of Parliament Staff (MoPS) PSA Members. Meeting locations will be finalised closer to the date, subject to COVID-19 restrictions. All meetings will have an online component. Please note, we are finalising arrangements for workplace and advisory committees in 2021. Once these are finalised, respective elections will be held.…

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Have a happy and safe holidays: Best wishes from Women’s Council

What a year it’s been! This year marked the 90th year of the PSA/CPSU NSW Women’s Council and its proud history of building our collective strength in our women-dominated workplaces. No-one could have expected what occurred in 2020. A global pandemic and the first recession in a generation are now our reality. We face a wage cut imposed by the NSW Coalition Government (which will…

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