The new offer includes a 3.5 per cent increase in base hourly rates back dated to 3 March 2025. There is enhanced overtime loading for all hours worked over three hours Monday-Friday, backdated to 3 March 2025 and a 6 per cent increase in base hourly rates from 3 March 2026. These figures do not include superannuation increases.

“The company’s revised offer has been formally endorsed by the CPSU NSW bargaining team and marks a welcome shift that supports medium-term planning and stability across the business,” said Senior Industrial Officer Thane Pearce. “The CPSU NSW would like to acknowledge the great work of our local bargaining team: Mark Bathgate, Kody Richards, Luke Biskin and Craig Dennis.”

The increase comes soon after members of the CPSU NSW voted by a margin of 73 to 27 in a union ballot to endorse a 6.5 per cent increase in pay over the next two years.
Year one of the package includes a 3.5 per cent increase in hourly pay rates and a top up in overtime loadings both backdated to 3 March 2025.

In year two members are set to receive a further 3 per cent increase in hourly rates from 3 March 2026 and a $500 (CCO2s) or $750 (CCO3s) one off retention bonus for continuing service.

The offer includes a new enforceable higher duties clause for ad hoc acting arrangements, improved consultation on rostering and a commitment to ethical conduct in all employment-related matters.

“The new deal was negotiated without trade-offs, and matches or improves on annual percentage increases in public sector wages in Corrective Services NSW over 2025-2026,” said Mr Pearce. “The CPSU NSW has formally advised Serco the union endorses the company’s offer.”

After Parklea is returned to public control in 2026, Clarence Correctional Centre will be the state’s only private prison.