Slow progress on gender pay gap but APS figures better than national results Federal The gender pay gap in the Australian Public Service has narrowed over the past 12 months to 5.2%, according to remuneration data.
The audit office SES young public servants are falling over to meet for coffee March 8, 2023 By Melissa Coade Career Advice Shy, industrious, humble — all the superlatives of an acceptable migrant and high-performing public servant apply to Xiaoyan Lu.
Mark your calendars: APS-wide bargaining to start next month February 16, 2023 By Melissa Coade Career Matters Peter Riordan’s workplace relations bargaining taskforce aims to commence formal bargaining across the public service before March 31.
Pezzullo defends Home Affairs’ culture, laments ‘wage apartheid’ February 10, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Federal Mike Pezzullo said he wishes he could pay his staff more without being required to offset that against key mission capabilities.
CPSU says ACT wage rises should go further January 30, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Australian Capital Territory The ACT wage rise of 34% is targeted at the lowest-paid GSOs; other GSOs will receive an annual increase of between 8% and 12%.
Special sub-committee working on nutting out the APS-consultant equation November 16, 2022 By Melissa Coade Career Matters A sub-committee of the Secretaries Board has gotten to work on how to “rebalance” the APS’s dependence on contractors.
Commissioner endorses Riordan’s workplace relations experience to lead APS-wide bargaining November 9, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal The APS service-wide workplace relations negotiations will be led by former NSW public servant Peter Riordan.
AEC identifies pay and bizarre polling behaviour harming staff attraction November 3, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Communications & Technology Australian Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said AEC staffers are sent to a very complex and highly litigious area of service delivery.
New laws flagged to enshrine ‘right to disconnect’ October 19, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Federal A key parliamentary committee wants new ‘flexible work’ protections, including an enforceable right pull the plug on workplaces during unpaid hours.
Premium Insights and analysis What public servants pocket in pay matters, but that’s only half the story October 12, 2022 By Melissa Coade Careers New workplace research suggests the federal government will have to cough up more dough to hire the best of the best.
Gender pay gap in Victorian public service greater than federal September 6, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social The first baseline report under Victoria’s Gender Equality Act 2020 has been published, revealing a median 8% gender pay gap between men and women in the Victorian public service.
Public sector superannuation bill to be introduced, union seeks urgent briefing August 2, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry Minister for the public service and finance Katy Gallagher gave three reasons for the introduction of the public sector superannuation legislation, in addition to the Federal Court case.
Poor remuneration slugging sentiment among early childhood educators August 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social A new report shows that people working in the early childhood sector would not recommend the career to others.
Government entities paid executives millions during pandemic November 6, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal A total of 27 government executives received more than $100,000 in bonuses this year while Australian Public Service employees were subjected to a wage freeze, analysis has found.
AusPost decides against executive bonuses as CPSU demands transparency September 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Earlier this week it was revealed that AusPost chief executive Christine Holgate had taken a proposal to the board requesting executive bonuses be paid.