Consolidated IT Service Desks

Lack of consultation The PSA was forced to take the Department to the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) due to the lack of consultation previous to the decision to merge IT Service Desks. The outcome from the dispute was that a review period should occur, reviewing rosters and working arrangement in consultation with the PSA. A review meeting subsequently took place after the decision (made by…

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Corporate Functions Review

As many of you would be aware, the Corporate Functions Review (CFR) has commenced in TfNSW.  TfNSW will be undertaking the restructure by ‘function’. These functions include: Communications, Corporate Affairs and Marketing Governance, Assurance and Risk Internal Audit and Fraud & Corruption People Procurement Strategic Projects, Engagement & Transformation IT Sustainability & Environment Finance Legal Centre for Road, Maritime & Transport Safety   Placement Strategy…

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Media Release: TAFE NSW workers rally in Sydney over 700 job cuts and Scone campus sale 01/04/2021

TAFE NSW workers rally in Sydney over 700 job cuts and Scone campus sale TAFE NSW workers are rallying in Sydney over the loss of 678 frontline jobs and the sale of the Scone campus, with the union warning south-west Sydney's youth unemployment is set to get worse as vital student services get cut. More than 302 jobs are set to go from Sydney campuses,…

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Recreation leave balance – your responsibilities and entitlements

Can I be directed to take recreation leave? It is an employee responsibility to maintain your recreation leave accrual below eight weeks (40 days) and the department is required to cooperate with this, by approving reasonable leave requests. (77.2.5). You can be required to take recreation leave when you have accrued an ‘excess’ balance as defined by clause 77.2 of the Crown Employees (Conditions of…

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Big win for parents: Paid Parental Leave update

In the 2020-21 Budget, the NSW Government pledged it would offer the state’s public servants “14 weeks leave to a new child’s primary carer, regardless of gender”. Following this announcement, a Parental Leave Working Group was established, convened by the Public Service Commission.    Your union has been in consultation with Public Sector Industrial Relations, and on Tuesday we were presented with a draft outline of…

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