Fisheries Officers & Fish Technicians Consultative Forum: members’ update

The PSA and FOVB Executive representatives met with the DDG DPI Fisheries, FCU management and IR/HR representatives of DRNSW on 22 June. The previous March consultative forum had been postponed and re-scheduled due to the COViD-19 restrictions.  This meeting was the first where PSA Fish Technician delegates were invited to discuss their issues as part of the staff consultative forums within DPI Fisheries. Items discussed…

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PSA wins 2.5 per cent pay increase

The PSA would like to remind all members in TfNSW to check their pay slips this week as they can expect to see a 2.5 per cent pay increase courtesy of the PSA. While hundreds of thousands of NSW public servants still face the prospect of a pay freeze, our members in TfNSW will receive the maximum 2.5 per cent pay rise this year. This…

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Bulletin: Office of the Sheriff

SHO JCC update On Thursday, 27 June 2020, your Sheriff’s Officers Vocational Branch Advisory Group (SOVBAG) and PSA industrial staff met with Sheriff Hall and her management team by audio visual link, for the second Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) meeting of 2020 (July JCC). JCCs are held every quarter and is the peak consultative forum between SHO management and the PSA and SOVBAG and where…

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Prison Bed Capacity Adjustment Program

Following the PBCAP announcement on Monday, 20 July 2020, a teleconference was held today with the SEAG State Executive to discuss the impact and also the lack of consultation with the SEAG members. The PSA has written to the Commissioner seeking that there is an urgent meeting arranged with the SEAG members to discuss the impact to roles, the lack of prior consultation and also…

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PSA lodges IRC dispute with EPA

On Monday, 20 July, the CEO of EPA called a meeting with your union, the PSA. The purpose of the meeting was to begin consultation regarding the upcoming transfer of programs, grants, and the container deposit scheme from EES back to the EPA. Following this meeting, communication was provided to EPA staff by the CEO, who announced certain staff will be transferred from EES to…

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