PSA win forces Government to consult

The PSA had a significant victory yesterday in relation to consultation mechanisms across the public sector with a win in the Industrial Relations Commission. In 2012, the State Government introduced a new consultation policy that scrapped the long standing agreed policy from 1997 that set out defined consultation provisions and guaranteed the central role of unions in the process. The 2012 policy effectively made consultation…

Read More

Legal Aid Consultation Win

On 5 June 2014, Commissioner Newall in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission heard a dispute lodged by the PSA regarding lack of consultation by Legal Aid NSW over a restructure which resulted in staff cuts from seven to three in the Grants Records Section. In his recommendation that the parties meet to properly discuss workloads, Commissioner Newall also placed a significant focus on the welfare…

Read More

TAFE member wins back job in blow to forced redundancy

In rejecting TAFE’s arguments about the nature and scope of the reinstatement order, the Full Bench found that it is not necessary to specify a position to which an employee could have been redeployed, and that it is sufficient to identify ‘other work’ to which redeployment would be reasonable. In his concluding remarks, Justice Ross rejected TAFE’s argument that there was no job available: “In…

Read More

DEC Industrial Bulletin - June/July 2014

Latest news The separation of DEC and TAFE has led the PSA to seek clarification from the Department regarding what transitional arrangements are being made and the impact this could have on staff seeking redeployment and joint consultative committees. People and Services Directorate Restructure This restructure has moved to the final step of the placement process. As this restructure is taking in the former HR…

Read More

ECEC Industrial Bulletin - July 2014

ECEC Advisory Group The PSA Early Childhood Education and Care Advisory Group is a group of elected PSA members who regularly meet throughout the year with ECEC management to raise and address issues. ECEC Advisory Group Meeting The last ECEC AG meeting with management was on 18 June 2014. The following matters were raised: Re-engagement of temporary employees with regard to the Government Sector Employment…

Read More