COVID-19 and Fisheries

As you are aware, the Coronavirus or Covid19 threat to the health and wellbeing of our society is at a critical stage with unprecedented measures being implemented and recommended across every part of Australia. These measures invariably involve ‘social distancing’ and/or locking down where possible. Under normal circumstances, our role as Fisheries Officers involves a high volume of client and colleague contact that will, if…

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RFS Delegates Committee meeting

Recently, your PSA delegates met at PSA house for the quarterly Departmental Committee meeting, to discuss current issues within the RFS. The PSA is currently fighting for RFS employees to have the following entitlements with respect to RFS Base Camps: RFS employees should not be accommodated in RFS Base Camps while motel accommodation is available and practical. If RFS employees have to be accommodated in…

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Service NSW and COVID-19

A number of members have raised concerns with the PSA and we have been actively following up with the Department in relation to the current COVID-19 responses for Service Centre NSW staff. The PSA has concerns for the safety of members, particularly Driver Testers who are unable to practice the advised social distancing of 1.5 metres, as recommended by NSW Health. Further concerns have also…

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Victims Services: Working from home and sick leave

Members have contacted the PSA in relation to issues regarding working from home. Members have advised that they are to work standard hours, that is seven hours, without the ability to accrue flex leave or the ability to finish and start early. This is an unnegotiated decision management has unilaterally imposed on members. Members have also advised that there is no debrief or escalation process…

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Coronavirus update – Housing, FACS & Community Services

Yesterday PSA Delegates and staff met with Senior Officers of DCJ about the coronavirus and the steps that have been taken to reduce the risk of the spread of the coronavirus. The Department’s intranet site has a section devoted to the latest information available and staff are strongly encouraged to monitor it regularly as this is an ever changing situation. This information is also available…

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