P PRESIDENT Mark Carroll
Ratified EA to address staffing issues T
he Police Association continues to receive member complaints about staffing. The impact of COVID-19 continues to impose extra burdens on all police officers across a range of functions. I have raised issues with Commissioner Grant Stevens about areas such as Southern District Response, district policing teams, Riverland CIB, Hindley St patrols and the broader eastern district. A long-running industrial dispute also exists about staffing issues on Kangaroo Island. Then there’s the APY Lands staffing model. The association is at odds with SAPOL over the model, as well as the overall continual vacancies in country locations. However, the newly ratified enterprise agreement provides for implementation of a raft of measures to address staffing concerns.
Voluntary return to service A system enabling employees to voluntarily access ad hoc shifts across districts and functions in areas of high demand will soon be trialled. The principles that underpin the system include: • Utilizing the workforce in a different way. • Being voluntary for appropriately qualified (IMOST) full-time and part-time members. • Payments attracting relevant penalty rates for the ad hoc shift worked. • Operating outside of prescriptive award conditions so as not to incur overtime unless the shift extends beyond the designated ad hoc shift time. 10
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A system enabling employees to voluntarily access ad hoc shifts across districts and functions in areas of high demand will soon be trialled.
