Bulletin: ongoing DCJ Corporate Services MOG consultation process

The last PSA bulletin outlined the ongoing DCJ Corporate Services MOG consultation process HERE At the 3 December 2019 MOG consultative forum meeting DCJ advised that there were 275 responses to the survey and over 90 individual submissions made in relation to the draft MOG proposals including the PSA’s. Most of the submissions raised the issues of workloads and current issues with payroll and office…

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PSA: Fighting for Community Services Members

Over the last twelve months the PSA has been talking to members about their experiences working in Community Services every day. We have heard from members’ right across NSW about the impacts of a range of issues including chronic under-resourcing, dramatically escalated reporting and the psychological impacts of not only the difficult situations you all work in every day but the excessive workloads many members…

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Introducing your new Women’s Council Steering Committee

After the election of the Women’s Council Steering Committee in November 2019, the first meeting of the Women’s Council Committee was held on Tuesday 10 December 2019. New delegates met at PSA House where they undertook training in the proud history of Women’s Council, learned how it operates, and met with other women members, including Central Council women, to form an Executive Committee. We are…

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the PSA

The PSA would like to wish Special Constable members a wonderful Christmas and New Year. For those taking time off, have a restful break; and for those working over this period, thank you for keeping your sites safe. This has been a challenging year but a successful year in putting Special Constables on the map (and in the media) with our ongoing campaign to have…

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Update: your rights regarding severance packages and offers from Serco

The PSA has received advice that if you take a voluntary redundancy from Corrective Services NSW and accept a role with Serco, you will not be required to repay any portion of your severance package. This has been confirmed by correspondence sent to us on on13 December 2019. As advised in our BULLETIN dated 9 September 2019, Corrective Services NSW’s position on VRs was that…

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