APS-wide pay bargaining explained  | The Canberra Times | September 12, 2023 - video Dailymotion

Federal public servants are in talks with the Public Service Commission to get a pay rise for the next three years

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00:00 After five months of negotiations, the Public Service Commission has tabled a pay offer

00:04 of 11.2% over three years for federal public servants.

00:08 That offer is the result of the first APS-wide round of bargaining since the late 1990s.

00:14 Since that time, agencies have been doing negotiations on their own and it means that

00:17 some have fallen behind others on conditions and pay.

00:21 So the APS-wide talks have focused on conditions like parental leave and flexible working arrangements,

00:27 but right now all eyes are on pay.

00:29 So that 11.2% offer is being put to union members, the main public sector union being

00:34 the Community and Public Sector Union.

00:37 Right now they're considering whether they'll take on board the offer or knock it back,

00:41 and by September 28 we'll know what the results of that poll are.

00:45 If the union decides to knock it back, they could take industrial action, which could

00:49 potentially delay a deal on pay and common conditions.

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