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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