A health and safety representative is an employee who has been elected to represent the views of employees on health and safety issues in the workplace in accordance... Read more
The PSA model Bargaining Process Agreement[sitetree_link,id=160] serves as the basis for all bargaining process agreements. Read more
The PSA is developing other roles for people who want to be involved in different aspects of union activity. We currently have the roles below but others may... Read more
Members, enterprise-based democratic structures, and the Assistant Secretaries are kept informed on progress in negotiations. *Authorities*The authority to decide to go to *mediation*, or to recommend *industrial action*,lies with the... Read more
The PSA is governed by: (a) A National Delegates’ Congress[sitetree_link,id=100] or Special Delegates’ Congress[sitetree_link,id=102]. This is the highest decision-making authority of the PSA; (b) An Annual General meeting (AGM)[sitetree_link,id=101] that provides... Read more
Ratification is the process of voting by members to endorse or reject a proposed collective agreement settlement. Ratification is normally on the basis of 50%+1 of the votes cast... Read more
Guidelines for the Use of the Bargaining Fee by the PSA[sitetree_link,id=161]– Te Pukenga Here Tikanga MahiUnder the Employment Relations Act, bargaining fees payable to unions by non-union members in... Read more
Joining the PSA gives individual members access to the collective benefits of union membership. In addition individual members have access to help if things go wrong for them at... Read more
“Sector committee” means a committee of members within a sector established in accordance with the PSA Rules[sitetree_link,id=166]. Sectors are central to the PSA’s democratic structure. They provide the connection... Read more
PSA Legal Strategy: Policy and Procedures[sitetree_link,id=156]. The PSA is committed to representing the legal interests of its members. Full membership represents an authority to represent, but not an obligation for... Read more