PSA Change Salaried Log of Claims
Without Prejudice
1. A short term for the agreement of twelve (12) or eighteen (18) months. If approved August 2025, this would mean a nominal expiry of August 2026 or February 2027.
2. A wage increase of up to 20% in the first 12 months of the agreement:
a. 10% increase effective from the first pay period 1 October 2024;
b. 3% increase effective from the first pay period 1 May 2025;
c. 2% increase effective from the first pay period 1 October 2025;
d. 2% increase effective from the first pay period 1 October 2026; and
e. Up to 3% increase through consolidation of the increments in some of the classification structures.
3. Improved classification streams, including new increments for OPS2, OPS3, CO3, PO3, ASO2, ASO3 and ASO6. An overhaul of the OPS classification to ensure remuneration is commensurate with the work level.
4. Conversion to permanency clause. This provides employees the means to have their additional hours worked added to their substantive hours (in the case of part-time employees), or convert from casual to permanent, or convert from temporary fixed term employment to permanent part-time or full-time employment.
5. For all employees that work across seven (7) days, six (6) weeks annual leave per annum.
6. For all employees that work across seven (7) days, from midnight Friday to midnight Saturday penalty rates of 175% and from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday penalty rates of 200%.
7. An additional week of paid leave for regional employees that are required to reside more than 200km from the metropolitan area.
8. Regional Incentives as per annum ranging from 10% to 30% depending on location.
9. Parental Leave rather than Maternity Leave which means that a father may also access the existing paid entitlement to Maternity Leave. Only one parent may be on Parental Leave at a time. In addition to this, the ability to take paid parental leave at half pay for the full entitlement period without any components of ‘leave without pay’.
10. Paid Partner Leave of two weeks paid leave. This is available to the parent that is not the primary carer however it may be taken concurrently with Parental Leave where the other parent is on Parental Leave.
11. Reproductive leave of up to 10 days per annum. This may may allow for leave for prostate related checks or procedures, breast-scans, cervical screening or procedures, vasectomy, hysterectomy, terminations, menstruation, pregnancy, contraception, miscarriage, perimenopause, menopause, chronic conditions such as poly-cystic ovarian syndrome and endometriosis, hormone therapy and fertility issues.
12. For employees employed by the Department of Correctional Services, Housing Trust South Australia, Country Fire Service, Department for Child Protection or Department for Environment and Water as a Firefighter, an entitlement to seven (7) days paid wellbeing leave per annum including the entitlement to attend EAP in worktime.
13. In relation to Appendix 9 of the Salaried EA, automatic progression from CO2 to CO3 on successful completion of Certificate4 in Correctional Practice or equivalent with training available to all CO2sbefore reaching the top increment.
14. An allowance of 20% for all time worked as an Officer in Charge in addition to other applicable penalties.
15. An Operational Supervisor position is set at the classification CO5 rather than CO4.
16. Improved On-call and Re-call provisions. On-call with an annualised allowance rather than per night allowance based on frequency of on-call.
17. For employees employed by Health at a health care site (for example, SA Dental), where the public hospital site in the relevant local health network offers staff car parking permits the following shall apply:
a. For those employees who have a SA Health/LHN issued permit for on-site/designated hospital car parking, a maximum fortnightly charge equivalent to $2.50 per day.
b. For those employees who cannot access on-site/designated hospital car parking, the provision of free access to public transport upon presentation of valid hospital identification.
