Office of Environment and Heritage award negotiation bulletin
15 March 2016
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 É«ÀÇÉçÇøalso received a letter re Log of Claims – Crown Employees (Office of Environment and Heritage Parks and Wildlife group) Conditions of Employment.
The Department has not provided any detail to the É«ÀÇÉçÇøin relation to the ratification of Parks and Wildlife hard-fought award conditions.
The É«ÀÇÉçÇøis extremely disappointed with the Department for sending out a letter regarding proposed changes to awards prior to any consultation with the É«ÀÇÉçÇøin relation to their log of claims. Any award variation has to be by consent.
The É«ÀÇÉçÇøwill not meet with OEH in relation to the outrageous award log of claims until such time that the É«ÀÇÉçÇøhas met with delegates.
The PSA’s position is and always has been to preserve the award conditions of our members. The É«ÀÇÉçÇøwill continue to fight for our members to maintain their award conditions.
É«ÀÇÉçÇøGeneral Secretary, Anne Gardiner, has given a commitment that the É«ÀÇÉçÇøwill strongly defend all conditions of employment Parks and Wildlife currently enjoy.
The É«ÀÇÉçÇøencourages members to provide feedback to the É«ÀÇÉçÇøand delegates in relation to the OEH proposed log of claims.
The É«ÀÇÉçÇøencourages you to engage members and emphasise the importance of building a strong and robust workplace to challenge this attack on your hard-fought entitlements.
If your colleagues are not members, encourage them to join. The stronger we are, the better we can protect our conditions.
Office Environment& Heritage Parks & Wildlife POVB delegates
Peter Clark
Kim DeGovrik
John Holcombe
Trish Swain
Ben Owers
Ann Walton
Judith Greenwood
Jennifer Bean
George Malolakis
Alex Deura