Union takes NSW Public Service Commission to court over job cuts - The Mandarin 24 Sep 2020

The New South Wales Public Service Commission plans to axe 10 senior roles involved with meeting public sector diversity targets, according to the public sector union. In 2019 Premier Gladys Berejiklian set a target of having employed 114 senior leaders from Indigenous backgrounds in the state’s public sector by 2025, as part of her plan to foster a “world class” public service. Other public sector…

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Service NSW cyber security breach

The PSA is aware that members who have been affected by the cyber-attack on Service NSW earlier this year will have now been notified by registered mail. As the Department has acknowledged, the PSA also understands this can be a rather unsettling and disturbing experience for those who have been affected. We want to remind those members that there are a number of supports available…

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PSA members’ meetings: Evolving Transport

The PSA has rescheduled a number of the branch members’ meeting around the Evolving Transport briefings, as the branch consultation was pushed back and we did not have proposed structures to consult our membership on. Please find below details of the new meeting dates. Greater Sydney – Community and Place Date: Wednesday, September 30      Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm To join, please use the following link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmZlNDM5MzUtNjM2ZC00ZTBiLWJlZmQtZjhmOTk4NThhMWEz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%222ad2a7b6-ade5-43d7-978a-954e31a8e084%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fc7a810f-fcb0-48da-ba88-f46770c343ca%22%7d Greater…

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Frank Baxter Enhanced Support Unit WHS Concerns

During the recent Departmental Committee meeting your delegate advised that there were a number of WHS concerns with the ESU at Frank Baxter and the Centre in general. Some of these concerns raised include a lack of reporting serious incidents that have and continuously occur within the Enhanced Support Unit (ESU), lack of confidence in management, the amount of building material being found in the…

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Transport Shared Services: Combined unions members’ meeting

Your union, the PSA, as well as the combined transport unions will be holding a members’ meeting for staff affected by the proposed changes to Transport Shared Services. Please dial in to have your say and see what your union is doing to improve and maintain your working conditions. Details are as follows Date: Wednesday, 30 September Time: 2.00pm-3.00pm To join, please use the following…

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