PSA meeting notice: Tamworth area after-school meeting

The Vice President of the PSA, Chair of the Schools Departmental Committee and School Admin Manager, Wendy Hurry will be hosting an after-school meeting for all SAS Staff members in Tamworth. Come along, bring your colleagues and take this opportunity to meet with one of the senior delegates at the PSA that has firsthand knowledge of schools and the work you do.  The meeting will…

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Public Guardian: Member questions from Ernst & Young project

Thank you to the members who attended the Public Guardian meeting in August. In relation to questions members raised about the Ernst & Young Project, the PSA has contacted the CEO. The CEO’s response to member questions are in italics. Member feedback to the responses is welcomed. The primary concern is the time commitment that will be required to appropriately input this data; EY have…

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Elections for Youth Justice Departmental Committee Delegates

The Youth Justice Departmental Committee (YJDC) is the union’s elected group of delegates, with each delegate representing different groups of membership within Youth Justice. The Committee meets quarterly with PSA industrial staff, and then at the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) with Youth Justice Management to discuss and progress collective issues. Nominations for all positions were called and closed on 30 April 2020. A Survey Monkey…

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Trustee and Guardian: Remember to vote for your HSR

NSW Trustee and Guardian has announced the nominations for Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs). HSRs are important in ANY workplace because they: are elected by their colleagues represent health and safety interests of the workplace have legislative power to direct people to cease unsafe work conduct inspections of the workplace for Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) risks put the organisation under notice to fix WHS…

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MAAS Code of Conduct: send us your feedback

The PSA is currently providing feedback to the proposed MAAS Code of Conduct. Click HERE for the old Code of Conduct. Click HERE for the proposed Code of Conduct. PSA members have conveyed serious concerns regarding the proposed code of conduct. Specifically, PSA members are alarmed with sections 4.1.9 and sections 5.46-5.49. Under these proposed sections, we are concerned that a single private Facebook post,…

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