Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales and Director-General, Department of Premier and Cabinet [2009] NSWIRComm 131

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION: Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales and Director-General, Department of Premier and Cabinet [2009] NSWIRComm 131

Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales (Notifier) PARTIES: Director-General, Department of Premier and Cabinet (Respondent)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 591 of 2009

CORAM: Walton J Vice-President

CATCHWORDS: INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE - conciliation - Recommendation by Commission - Memorandum of Understanding - agreed process to implement MOU - endorsement by Commission

CASES CITED: Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2008) Award [2008] NSWIRComm 193 Operational Ambulance Officers (State) Award [2008] NSWIRComm 168

HEARING DATES: 22 May 2009, 27 July 2009

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 6 August 2009

Mr A Hatcher of counsel W G McNally Jones Staff LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Mr A Britt of counsel Crown Solicitor's Office

JUDGMENT:

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

CORAM: WALTON J, Vice-President

Thursday 6 August 2009

Matter No IRC 591 of 2009

PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION AMALGAMATED UNION OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

Notification under s 130 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996

STATEMENT

[2009] NSWIRComm 131

1 In April 2008, the Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales ('the PSA') made an application for a new Crown Employees (Public Sector – Salaries) Award (Matter No IRC 445 of 2008). That application sought an increase in salaries and allowances for employees covered by the Crown Employees (Public Sector – Salaries 2007) Award in the amount of 6.5 per cent per annum for three years. 2 The matter proceeded as a Major Industrial Case and was listed for arbitration in September 2008.