NSW Trustee and Guardian: Strategy and Governance restructure

The Director of Strategy and Governance has contacted the PSA to advise of further consultation in regard to the Strategy and Governance restructure. The documents provided to the PSA can be found HERE and HERE. Please forward any feedback you might have. The PSA has made the request to the Director that implementation of the new structure be delayed pursuant to the uncertain times members…

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Bulletin: CESU redeployment

A teleconference took place today for the redeployment of staff from Court Escort Security Unit – for five-day locations, 24 hr locations and Transport locations. There has been a significant reduction in function for five-day court locations, 24-hour court locations and transport due to the COVID-19 crisis. Due to this staff will be redeployed to centres to assist them with managing leave due to self-isolation.…

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PSA working with Legal Aid to ensure COVID-19 safety for members

Your union, the PSA, has been working very hard with Legal Aid management to ensure your safety. We have been participating in bi-weekly union-management consultative meetings, where we have been successful in reducing face-to-face contact between staff and the public to a minimum. The latest example of our activity has been in the Criminal Law Division. PSA delegates and activists were able to convince Legal…

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DCJ Joint Consultative Committee update

On 13 March 2020 the PSA attended the DCJ NNSW & MNC’s Joint Consultative Committee. This is a quarterly forum where your PSA representatives meet with the Executive District Director and Directors Community Service and Housing to raise issues that affect you at work. You can view meeting minutes HERE. It’s important to note that standard DCJ Awards and associated policies are still in place…

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Lord Howe Island health order

The NSW Government issued a specific COVID-19 health order for Lord Howe Island on 20 March 2020. This health order was designed to prevent infections on the island which is considered an at risk environment, as getting access to the necessary intensive care will be difficult. The order requires, among other things: Restricting all travel to/from the island, excepting residents returning, non-residents leaving, supply ships…

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