PSA/CPSU NSW members affected by bushfires

The PSA/CPSU NSW has received reports of members being asked to attend or remain at work despite risks from bushfires and smoke. There are also reports of members being unsure of their rights when volunteering to fight fires. Below are some of your rights during bushfire season. Federal employees should also check their Enterprise Agreements. Clause 17 of the Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of…

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Update: your rights regarding severance packages and offers from Serco

The PSA has received advice that if you take a voluntary redundancy from Corrective Services NSW and accept a role with Serco, you will not be required to repay any portion of your severance package. This has been confirmed by correspondence sent to us on on13 December 2019. As advised in our BULLETIN dated 9 September 2019, Corrective Services NSW’s position on VRs was that…

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the PSA

The PSA would like to wish Special Constable members a wonderful Christmas and New Year. For those taking time off, have a restful break; and for those working over this period, thank you for keeping your sites safe. This has been a challenging year but a successful year in putting Special Constables on the map (and in the media) with our ongoing campaign to have…

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Introducing your new Women’s Council Steering Committee

After the election of the Women’s Council Steering Committee in November 2019, the first meeting of the Women’s Council Committee was held on Tuesday 10 December 2019. New delegates met at PSA House where they undertook training in the proud history of Women’s Council, learned how it operates, and met with other women members, including Central Council women, to form an Executive Committee. We are…

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PSA: Fighting for Community Services Members

Over the last twelve months the PSA has been talking to members about their experiences working in Community Services every day. We have heard from members’ right across NSW about the impacts of a range of issues including chronic under-resourcing, dramatically escalated reporting and the psychological impacts of not only the difficult situations you all work in every day but the excessive workloads many members…

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