Meeting with Minister results in safer workplaces.
After meeting with the PSA, NSW Industrial Relations Minister Sophie Cotsis has agreed to measures that strengthen members’ safety on the job.
A group of Delegates and industrial staff representing the PSA met with Minister Cotsis to discuss the hazards these Public Sector workers face on the job.
The delegation told the Minister about the types of bullying and intimidation directed at SafeWork Inspectors on NSW building sites.
The PSA proposed that body-worn cameras, similar to those used by Prison and Police Officers, be issued to the Inspectors to offer protection against these forms of intimidation.
The Minister agreed and legislation will be introduced giving Inspectors the right to wear cameras on their person while at work under a two-year trial.
The SafeWork NSW Inspector Vocational Advisory Group was established in 2024. Its Chair, Maree Davidson, said this section of the PSA membership has grown by 25 per cent since the group was formed.
The Public Service Association of NSW and Community and Public Sector Union (SPSF Group) NSW Branch acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work and the places in which we live. We pay respect to Ancestors and Elders, past, present and future. We recognise the unique cultural and spiritual relationship and celebrate the contributions of first nations peoples to Australia.
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