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POVB Members' Update - 27 February 2015

IRC109/2015 John Morony Motions CSNSW notified a dispute pursuant to s.130 of the Industrial Relations Act on 25 February 2015. The matter was heard before Commissioner Newall on 26 February 2015 commencing at 10.30am. Commissioner Newall, in previous matters relating to our Workers Compensation, had expressed his empathy for Prison Officers and the situation they now find themselves in under the new Workers Compensation legislation…

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RE: Inmate Numbers and Motion 5 POVB Management Committee June 2014

Inmate Numbers and Motion 5 POVB Management Committee June 2014 (PDF version) Delegates and Members RE: Inmate Numbers and Motion 5 POVB Management Committee June 2014. Please find a copy of a letter received yesterday Monday 16 February 2015 from the Office of the Attorney General Brad Hazzard HERE. The letter indicates support for addressing the issues with Workers Compensation as the Legislation applies to…

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Update on prison overcrowding and workers comp

Yesterday PSA General Secretary Anne Gardiner received a letter from the Attorney General. Click HERE to read that letter. This morning the Attorney General put out a media release signalling the reopening of Kirkconnell Correctional Centre. For a copy of that release click HERE POVB members are meeting today to discuss the above. The PSA is currently preparing a response to this announcement. Members will…

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PSA UPDATE ON OVERCROWDING

Corrective Services NSW Further to our PSA email dated 9 February 2015, the vote by POVB members as undertaken at all Correctional Centres on Monday 9 February 2015 has been collated. The result of the ballot of either Option 1 or Option 2 as proposed by the POVB Management Committee is that members voted in favour of Option 1: Option 1 - 23 votes Option…

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Important update on overcrowding and workers comp

Dear Corrective Service members, Last week saw extensive media coverage on the overcrowding crisis in prisons. This crisis was foreshadowed in a letter from the PSA to the Premier last year. The POVB has consistently raised grave concerns about the impact this overcrowding was having on the safety of members and they also raised issues around inadequate workers compensation. The PSA has actively promoted these…

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