Trustee and Guardian: Strategy Governance Division

As members are aware, NSWTG has sought to restructure the Strategy & Governance Division. The Division includes the Staff Experience Unit, Strategy & Policy Branch, Audit, Risk & Compliance and Change & Continuous Improvement Team. The PSA attended a meeting hosted by the director of the Strategy & Governance Division, Michelle Batterham, on Thursday, 6 February 2020 in relation to the proposed changes. During the…

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EPA Executive Realignment update

The PSA and the EPA appeared before the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (IRC) on 6 February 2020 regarding the rollout of the EPA Executive Realignment and the implications it has had on our members. The PSA advised the IRC that: on 31 January 2020 at a meeting between the PSA and EPA Management, the PSA was given a clear undertaking there would…

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PSA win! Sleep Count safety and workplace rights

Late last year PSA members and delegates raised serious safety concerns about the Department of Communities and Justice – Housing, undertaking homelessness initiatives involving outreach to street sleepers at night.   The PSA was alarmed to discover the department had undertaken programs without consultation with the union, with insufficient consultation with workers to address their safety concerns, poor risk assessment and referred to employees participating as…

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Attention PSA/CPSU NSW women: SAVE THE DATE!

International Women’s Day Rally:2020 Join us for the march Date Saturday 7 March Time 11am Where Meet Hyde Park North (fountain) and march to Belmore Park (north of Central Station) At Belmore Park, there will be refreshments and information stalls, entertainment and wonderful speakers. Transport is close by: buses, trams and trains.

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POVB Workers’ Compensation bulletin

At the Delegates to Management meeting in November 2019 Workers’ Compensation and the issues staff are dealing with on Workers’ Compensation was presented to the Commissioner. The POVB Executive is looking at Workers’ Compensation in two areas. The first area is to get better Workers’ Compensation for staff under the Act. Under the current Act we are better off for the first 13 weeks, compared…

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