Head Office functions re-alignment: Change Management Plan released

The PSA was yesterday provided the Change Management Plan for the “Head Office Functions Realignment”. Click HERE to view. As part of the consultation period, the PSA is seeking feedback from members on the realignment. This is your opportunity to either ask any questions you may have about the process, but also how the functional alignment may affect the work that you do, and offer…

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Community Corrections: Field Officer update

The PSA has taken recent steps to ensure better union representation of Field Officer members in Community Corrections. This includes having a Field Officer Delegate – Lisa Matthews – on the PSA’s Community Corrections Departmental Committee. Given the nature of the work, Field Officers are often not present during PSA visits. If there are Field Officers at your worksite, please make sure they receive a…

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PSA advice: WBS/IO still optional for schools

The PSA has been contacted by numerous members about the WBS/IO Solution. Throughout 2019 the PSA raised a number of serious concerns about the solution which ultimately resulted in members placing an industrial ban on the program and a dispute in the Industrial Relations Commission. The outcome of that dispute was that schools could CHOOSE whether or not to use the WBSIO Solution. This has…

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Department of Customer Service: Joint Consultative Committee meeting, 15 February 2021

PSA Industrial Staff and the Chair of the DCS Departmental Committee attended the first Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) meeting of 2021 recently. Below is a report back to members on the main issues raised. Secretary’s items The DCS Secretary gave the committee an overview of some of the major areas of focus for the Department in 2021. Noting that 2020 was substantially disrupted by the…

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SIRA Dispute Resolution Services restructure – Departments responses to PSA Questions

In response to the questions raised by the PSA from our members meeting on 9 February 2021 [click here – PSA bulletin 11 February] the Departments Senior HR Advisor has provided the following responses to the PSA: Voluntary Redundancies Point 10 is correct. A ‘Voluntary Redundancy’ program will not be part of this RMP. I will include a FAQ around this in the next stage…

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