National Parks and Wildlife Service: December industrial bulletin

The PSA and its delegates met with National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) management at the Joint Consultative Committee meeting on Wednesday 9 December. There was no briefing from the Head of Parks as he was unavailable to attend the meeting. The following is an update on issues discussed at the meeting. Workloads and stress levels amongst members The PSA had a lengthy discussion at…

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POVB election 2021

Normally, the Prison Officers Vocational Branch (POVB) Executive election would commence in March 2021. However, due to COVID-19, the State Electoral Commission was unable to facilitate the Public Service Association (PSA) Executive and Central Council elections, which have been delayed and will now take place in March 2021. In order to avoid conflicting schedules, the POVB Executive proposed that the POVB Executive election be moved…

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School Psychologists – PSA will continue negotiations with the Department of Education

Thank you to those of you able to attend the PSA members meeting 4 November.  Following discussions at that meeting the PSA wrote to the Department of Education about the Professional Practice Framework.   We thank you for your detailed feedback which enabled us to advance the issues that matter most to you. You can access a summary of the matters raised by the PSA with…

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Dispute Update - Interpretation of Sick Leave under the Award

Members have brought to the PSA’s attention that the Department of Communities and Justice (Courts & Tribunals) has sought to clamp down on requirements for evidence of illness in regard to sick leave applications. In response, the PSA filed a dispute in the NSW Industrial Relation Commission (IRC) against the Department as the PSA understood that members were being denied sick leave because they were…

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PSA Advocacy Pays Off with Extra Community Corrections Funding

Following years of consistent advocacy and campaigning around workload concerns and understaffing in Community Corrections, the PSA welcomes the recent announcement that the government has allocated approximately $33m in additional funding for your important work. It is unfortunate that it has taken so long for those concerns to finally be heard by the government as the funding for over 140 new ongoing roles has been…

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