TfNSW: Rail Review Recommendation 11: People & Culture Feedback

TfNSW started the formal consultation process on 7 September, feedback will be open for a minimum of three weeks. The changes reflect recommendation 11 of the Rail Review; that is, that: A role of Executive Director People and Culture be created, responsible for strategy and high-level decision making Another role of Director Employee Relations be created to be responsible for strategy Sydney Trains have responsibility…

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Office of the Sheriff Backflip - Organisational Uplift stalled

Members would have read with extreme disappointment yesterdays update from the Sheriff, which stated that the Business Case for the Organisational Uplift is undergoing “further refinement within DCJ with the intention to progress the Uplift proposal in the next budget cycle in May 2024”. Apparently, it was “not possible to include it in the 2023 budget cycle”. While it was possible to increase remuneration for…

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Victims Services: Meet Your Delegates

Since our June meeting, the PSA is pleased to confirm Sherie Hulme and Samantha Lemusu have been credentialed as our new workplace delegates at Victims Services. Sherie and Sam have completed training at PSA House, and will be hosting a member meeting next week to discuss ongoing industrial issues at the agency. We are eager to develop a strategy with members for escalating some of…

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Supreme Court: Flooding at Law Courts Building

The PSA met with management yesterday afternoon for an update on the flooding of the Law Courts Building. While the building is closed to the public, we understand staff will be advised where to undertake work on a team-by-team basis. Most staff have been directed to work from home or attend offices in surrounding court complexes, including at King St/St James, Hospital Rd, and the…

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Update on Special Commission of Inquiry

As you may be aware, the NSW Government has created a Special Commission of Inquiry (previously Special Ministerial Inquiry) into  circumstances surrounding the offences by Wayne Astill at Dillwynia Correctional Centre. The Inquiry has told the PSA that they will be seeking to interview a number of current and former employees of Corrective Services who they believe may have relevant information to their investigation.  The…

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