POVB - MEMBER BULLETIN

POVB - MEMBER BULLETIN - 9 December 2016 (PDF Version) The POVB management committee met from 6 December through to 8 December, 2016. At this meeting your delegates, the governing body of the POVB, voted and passed the following motion: “We the members of the POVB Management Committee wish to work with the Department in finding solutions to the current inmate population crisis. The members…

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POVB bulletin Section 19 Award review

POVB bulletin Section 19 Award review - November 2016 (PDF version) Every three years, the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW (IRC) conducts a review of all awards it presides over. This process is referred to as a ‘Section 19’ Award Review. The purpose of a review is to modernise awards, to consolidate awards relating to the same industry and to rescind obsolete awards. Members have…

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POVB response to SERCO

POVB response to SERCO - September 2016 (PDF version) It came to our attention yesterday, 7 September 2016, that Serco has recently published an Expression of Interest for employment within Justice NSW. I note this Expression of Interest includes both the John Morony and the new Grafton Correctional Facilities. The emphasis in this document is on Expression of Interest and in no way should be…

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Important PSA statement - Corrective Services

Dear PSA members in Corrective Services, Last week, the PSA appeared before the Industrial Relations Commission. This was in response to an unauthorised and UNTRUE email which was widely distributed on 25 August by a person who holds NO position in the PSA and who works for ANOTHER union. The President of the Industrial Relations Commission, Justice Walton, made a statement on Friday 2 September which you…

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Office of Environment and Heritage National Parks and Wildlife Service Industrial bulletin No:3

Office of Environment and Heritage & National Parks and Wildlife Services Industrial bulletin No 3 - May 2016 (PDF version) Sustainability meeting #3 On Wednesday, 13 April 2016, the PSA attended the third sustainability meeting this year with OEH representatives. The primary item on the agenda was the NPWS Award and NPWS Award Log of Claims issued on 10 March 2016. NPWS are looking at…

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