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…

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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…

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Ground Breaking Win for PSA

Members, In 2011, the Government, at the stroke of a pen, unilaterally changed rights around redeployment and redundancy pay for public servants. The PSA has repeatedly fought against this radical change and last week had a ground-breaking win in the Court of Appeal which will benefit all PSA members working in the public service. This win came about as a result of the PSA’s application…

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Three thousand state public servant jobs moving to the west - The Daily Telegraph

3000 state public servants will be moved to western Sydney Agencies identified include Ambulance Service of NSW, Department of Sport and Recreation and Office of Environment and Heritage Sydney power-brokers pushing for Minister for Sydney Read the Telegraph article HERE.

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New Code of Ethical Conduct - FACS

Sign first, talk later... FACS fail to consult over Code of Ethical Conduct FACS Bulletin: Code of Conduct February 2014 (PDF Version) The Department of Family and Community Services is asking staff to sign up to a new Code of Ethical Conduct (CoEC) without properly explaining it to staff or consulting with the PSA. Members have contacted the PSA to express their concern and we’ve…

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