Bulletin – TAFE – Written Directions – July 2019
Since the end of last year The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU-NSW) has participated in providing ongoing feedback to TAFENSW in relation to various TAFE written directions (WDs).
WDs are living documents that set out policy, guidelines, manuals and procedures relating to your employment entitlements and the processes for how they are implemented.
These documents get updated in draft and circulated to relevant stakeholders which includes the Union for consultation, before receiving approval to be published internally.
In particular, your Union has been putting forward suggestions for wording amendments that we would like included in TAFE WDs: High Duties Guidelines and Secondary Employment Procedure. These amendments ensure that members’ needs are taken into account in the drafting of these documents.
As an example, for Secondary Employment it is the view of the CPSU-NSW that where approval for secondary employment has already been granted, if a manager then wanted to withdraw approval s/they would need to provide a specific and valid reason for doing so. This will remove some of the existing Management discretion which currently exists.
If you feel that a relevant WD does not meet your circumstances, please contact your nearest delegate in your region.
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Your CPSU NSW delegates
South Region
Brad Cowie – Wollongong
Robert Wurth – Illawarra
Regina Kimmich – Illawarra
Chris Pickering – Illawarra
Christopher Hobbins – Albury
West Region
Leanne Riley – Parkes
Patricia Nethery – Dubbo
North Region
Gale Iseppi – Hunter
Liz Garlick – Tighes Hill
Stephen O’Brien – Newcastle
Brook Down – Coffs Harbour
Garry Smith – North
Sydney Region
Dawn Davis – Ultimo
George Bissoli – Ultimo
Simon Gray – Ultimo
Joe Harris – St Leonards
Patrick Kiss – Hornsby
Western Sydney Region
Tracey Doyle – Campbelltown
Joanna Carroll – West Sydney
Glenda Pryor – Blue Mountains
Isabella Ramirra – Strathfield
Jin Cho – TAFE Digital
