Flexible Work Update: DCJ Strategy, Reform & Support
Access to Flexible Work
Members will be aware of last month’s Premier’s Circular, which directed agencies to review flexible work policies, including hybrid work practices (‘working from home’).
The PSA will continue to support members seeking Flexible Working Arrangements, including access to hybrid work.
Are you interested in working from home? Would you like more flexible working hours? Please complete the form here to express your interest, and we’ll be in touch.
Managing Work Health & Safety Hazards
The most recent Work Health & Safety (WHS) risk assessment for Sound Reporters identifies specific physical and psychosocial risks in RSB. These include excessive workloads, time pressures, and vicarious trauma. Other common psychosocial hazards include low job control, insufficient support, lack of role clarity, poor change management, bullying, and harassment.
Since the passage of the Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation 2022, employers are expressly required to implement risk management measures that address psychosocial risks and hazards.
We encourage members to file reports using SafetySuite to bring attention to WHS concerns, especially psychosocial risks and hazards. SafetySuite allows you to mark reports as confidential so it goes to HR, rather than a manager.
You can also make reports to your union. Confidential reports made by members in other agencies have been escalated to SafeWork, leading to Provisional Improvement Notices and other remedies.
Upcoming JCC on 25 September
At our regular Join Consultative Committee meetings (JCCs), PSA delegates discuss workplace issues with senior management. The Strategy, Reform & Support JCC can address issues in the Reporting Services Branch, Digital Customer Experience, Portfolio Management & Planning, and Data & Analytics.
At recent meetings with management, we raised concerns with plans to recruit additional casual staff to RSB. While we understand few casuals have been hired this year, we have sought further clarity on how casuals will be recruited. The union will continue to advocate for permanent roles wherever possible.
We intend to raise member reports regarding regional recruitment processes in this month’s JCC. The JCC is one of several tools we can use to escalate workplace issues like these. Please reach out to delegates or PSA staff contacts below if you have anything you’d like to discuss.