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CPSU NSW update: UNSW Professional Staff Enterprise Agreement

The End of Bargaining – Professional Staff Enterprise Agreement Being Put to Vote

The CPSU NSW welcomes the university commencing the process that will see the Professional Staff Enterprise Agreement being put to a vote.

Despite the CPSU NSW having reached in-principle Agreement in June 2023, other parties sought to delay the agreement and pay rises.

The CPSU NSW urges Professional Staff to VOTE YES to the new The University of New South Wales (Professional Staff) Enterprise Agreement 2023 (EA).

The new EA sees many improvements and achievements from the CPSU NSW including but not limited to:

• Pay increases:

With a 1 per cent administrative increase in 2022, a total 18 per cent rate of increase marks the highest achieved in the university sector in NSW. The CPSU NSW lead the way in advocating for members and countering offers to make this a rise to be proud of.

• Improved rights to request flexible work arrangements, including remote working arrangements and informal ad-hoc remote working
• Improved workload reviews process
• Salary maintenance for 12 months for Professional Staff who have been displaced by workplace change and have accepted another position in the new structure
• Increased assistance regarding finding another job at UNSW where the employee has been displaced
• Redundancy being a last resort
• Gender Affirmation – 30 days leave per year
• Protection from management restricting the proper use of sick leave by requiring medical evidence being presented upon every absence
• Union Rights improvements
• Job security through stronger conversion

The CPSU NSW Bargaining Team wishes to thank all members for their patience in what has been a lengthy and exhausting round of bargaining.

We will shortly be releasing a comprehensive document on the Pros and Cons of the new EA and will hold an all-members meeting to facilitate discussions on the improvements.

Your CPSU NSW UNSW Team

Alister Wareing – Branch President

Liam O’Donoghue – Branch Vice President

Ellie Williams – Branch Secretary

Kate Brown – Branch Assistant Secretary

Michael Cope – Industrial Officer

Community and Public Sector Union (NSW Branch)

What can you do?

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