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			<title>Personal leave: It&apos;s time for action at Adelaide Call Centre! </title>
			<description>Recent discussions with staff reveal startling inconsistencies with regard to staff that access personal leave. Knowing your rights can often make all the difference ? here are a few things you need to know: 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/8634.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Adelaide Call Centre attendance policies ? tell us what you think </title>
			<description>Staff have contacted their union with concern regarding access to personal leave, particularly: 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/8622.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:57:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Fitness for duty - don?t get railroaded! </title>
			<description>CPSU Members in Centrelink are reporting that more and more workers are being asked to sign release of medical information forms and attend fitness for duty assessments. 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/8271.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:45:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Probation, Work Availability Barriers and you </title>
			<description>Have you started working with Centrelink since January 2006? Have you struggled to advance above the Work Availability Barrier but believe you should have been able to do so? 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/8248.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:25:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Change to your miscellaneous leave entitlements in Centrelink?</title>
			<description>A report back from the Employee Consultative Forum. 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/8205.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:23:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Centrelink TPA competition - win a free one hour massage!</title>
			<description>The CPSU is looking for the Centrelink employee with the longest continuous period of Temporary Performance Allowance (TPA). Is it you? 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/8160.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Employee Consultative Forum - your comments needed</title>
			<description>The next Employee Consultative Forum will be held on Thursday. Please find below proposed agenda items from your union reps and from Centrelink Management. 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/8149.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:32:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Progress in PST - screen breaks, overtime, genuine negotiation</title>
			<description>Your union representatives met with Centrelink National management on Friday 4 July to progress the ongoing dispute around PST working conditions. 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/7991.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:10:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Centrelink PST - CPSU seeks independent umpire?s assistance</title>
			<description>Members are saying Centrelink has not consulted and STILL is not consulting on PST changes that affect you. 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/7799.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:14:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Centrelink PST - your network grows stronger every day! </title>
			<description>The network of PST workers continues to strengthen with PST workers joining their union in droves!</description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/7693.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:59:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Consultation? What consultation?</title>
			<description>Centrelink are pushing out a new service delivery model in Area South East from 1st July.</description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/7172.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:49:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Union wins $66,000 for Centrelink workers in NT</title>
			<description>CPSU recently brought a long-running dispute with Centrelink over the non-payment of remote localities conditions to a successful conclusion.</description>
			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/7002.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:57:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Do the Customer Aggression guidelines work?</title>
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Your CPSU representatives have been appealing to Centrelink for years to adopt a ?zero tolerance? approach to workplace violence and to undertake a joint review with CPSU, facilitated by independent experts, of the problem in Centrelink workplaces. 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/6927.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:15:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>Centrelink must get stuck into safety!    </title>
			<description>Centrelink will still not agree to have an enforceable HSMA Agreement. Why is this a problem? Because you need agreed, clear rules that are applied consistently across the organisation that you can rely on and enforce. 

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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/6870.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:46:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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			<title>It pays to be a CPSU member </title>
			<description>Every day of the week, CPSU members in Centrelink get access to professional advice and support from their union. Whether you require expert industrial advice for a complicated workplace issue or simply want a second opinion, CPSU is on hand to provide information and assistance when you need it. 
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			<link>http://www.cpsu.org.au/agency/news/6666.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:12:00 GMT+10:00</pubDate>
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