Following the PSA pursuing an arbitrated decision on salaries, the State Government has made an offer to PSA members to settle our claim for the 2024-25 financial year and the following two financial years.
Click HERE for a video message on the pay offer from PSA General Secretary Stewart Little.

Option one

Under the first option, employees covered by the Fisheries Employees Award will receive an interim salary increase of 3 per cent plus superannuation from 1 July 2024. Additionally, the Award will reserve the PSA’s right to seek a further increase in wages or conditions, either by negotiation or by arbitration.

The Government has committed to expeditious negotiations with the PSA regarding a new Fisheries Award.

Option two

The second option is as follows:

• 4 per cent 2024-2025 increase in salaries plus 0.5 per cent superannuation
• 3 per cent 2025-2026 increase in salaries plus 0.5 per cent superannuation
• 3 per cent 2026-2027 increase in salaries

Staff on the Fisheries Award are not excluded from the no extra claims clause and the parties will attempt  to reach a consent position for a new Award as soon as possible.

This offer will be backdated to the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2024.

It is important you understand if the parties cannot reach consent with regards to the Award negotiations and arbitration is required the increases cannot be effective until July 2027.

The offer includes a safeguard mechanism to protect wage-earners if the Sydney Consumer Price Index exceeds 3.5 per cent (March quarter) in the second or third year of the deal. If this is the case, there will be negotiations for a one-off, non-cumulative, cost-of-living allowance (COLA).

If the Sydney Consumer Price Index exceeds 4 per cent (March quarter) in the second or third year exceeds members will receive a $1,000 taxable, one-off, non-cumulative cost-of-living adjustment payment, plus superannuation.

As part of the offer, the PSA will negotiate changes to the Managing Excess Employees (MEE) policy to bring it into line with the new Workforce Mobility Placement (WMP) policy implemented late last year.

The WMP policy has seen great improvements in the retention of public servants affected by workplace change. A review of the MEE is a positive step in restoring retention as the primary goal of managing excess employees.

The State Government has also identified several obsolete allowances it wishes to remove from the Crown Employees (Public Sector Conditions of Employment) Award. The PSA has agreed to this on the basis that anyone still currently receiving one of these allowances will continue to do so.

Our view

We urge you to vote for Option 1.

Have your say

The PSA is a member-based organisation, and therefore acceptance of this offer is up to you and your colleagues in the union. Please vote at the link below.

Click HERE to vote.

Voting closes at 4:00pm Monday 14 October 2024.

Voting is restricted to PSA members.

For a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding, which is subject to endorsement, click HERE.