Planning Functional Review Phase 1: Senior Executive Service and Business Units alignments

Senior Department of Planning Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) representatives have provided the PSA and the Planning Directorate with the finalised Senior Executive Service and business unit structures at the All Staff Townhall on Monday 15 April 2024. The PSA’s feedback on the reform to date In consultative forums with DPHI Secretary, the PSA sought to emphasise our main concerns that related to: The severity of…

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Requirements for medical certificates

Your union has been made aware that managers are trying to enforce the requirement for reason for sickness to be on your medical certificates. We understand doctors are not always willing to put medical information on certificates and that members often have concerns about privacy and confidentiality in relation to health. While the Service NSW Award is silent on what needs to be on the…

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Coffee is on the PSA!

It was fantastic to see so many members at our most recent coffee cart! PSA will be holding the monthly coffee cart for members on Tuesday 23 April at 10:00am. This will give members from a range of agencies the opportunity to catch up over a coffee, tea or hot chocolate, which is free for PSA members who work at 4 and 6 Parramatta Square…

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Child Protection in Crisis: Campaign event notice

Child Protection workers at Edgeworth Community Services Centre (CSC) will rally on Thursday, 18 April. This is to protest the proposed closure of the CSC, crippling Caseworker vacancies, and the chronic underfunding and mismanagement of Child Protection services in NSW. PSA members will gather outside Edgeworth CSC on Thursday at 12:30pm to take their concerns directly to the community they serve.  Last Thursday, a peak…

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Independent Review Office: Changes for Solutions Team

PSA has been advised of a change impacting the Solutions Team within the Independent Review Office (IRO). We have been advised that, following a review of the use of Compressed Hours in the Solutions Team, IRO is now proposing that these staff instead have access to other standard flexible working arrangements, such as Flex Time, enjoyed by others in IRO and the public service more…

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