Office of Environment & Heritage - NPWS Award negotiations - Bulletin No. 2

NPWS Award Negotiations Bulletin No. 2 - 24 March 2016 (PDF version) NPWS POVB met Wednesday 23 March 2016 at PSA House to discuss the department’s proposed award log of claims and the concerns members have raised in relation to the proposals by OEH and NPWS to reduce conditions. The PSA’s Assistant General Secretary, Steve Turner, attended the meeting and reaffirmed that the current award…

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Office of Environment and Heritage award negotiation bulletin

Office of Environment and Heritage award negotiations bulletin - March 2016 (PDF version) As you are aware, the Department of Office Environment Heritage forwarded a letter regarding proposed changes to the Awards to all Parks and Wildlife staff. The PSA also received a letter re Log of Claims - Crown Employees (Office of Environment and Heritage Parks and Wildlife group) Conditions of Employment. The Department…

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Legality of POVB Motion

Information has been circulated amongst POVB Legal Fund members which is incorrect. In order to address this misinformation I am providing a link HERE to the legal advice which was provided by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers dated 2 July 2015. In particular note on page 1 of the advice to the Trustees. “In our view, clause G of the Constitution does not permit you to implement…

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PSA News - 1 March 2016 Members in Corrective Services

To all PSA members in Corrective Services Late yesterday afternoon rumours started to circulate throughout CSNSW of a major announcement  to be made on Tuesday 1 March 2016. As we understand following the rumours, it is alleged to have considerable impact to CSNSW. Members may recall that during last year, the Department announced that they would commence a process called benchmarking. At that time this…

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POVB bulletin - Industrial Action

POVB Bulletin - 11 December 2015 (PDF version) This last week has seen the POVB take industrial action on two separate occasions, although the incidents were at different Sub-Branches, the catalyst for the action was remarkably similar with both directly related to officer safety. On Saturday, 5 December 2015, Goulburn Sub-Branch of the Prison Officers Vocational Branch voted unanimously for a stoppage of 24 hours.…

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