Still time to benefit from proposed PSA collective

SECTOR UPDATE - PSA

There’s still time for Health NZ staff working in Digital Services – and in Policy, Advisory, Knowledge and Services roles – to join the PSA and receive member-only benefits included in a proposed collective agreement that covers their work.

Non-members have until 5pm Sunday 15 March to join the PSA to ensure they are covered by the proposed Policy, Advisory, Knowledge and Specialist (PAKS) workers collective agreement.

March 15 is the final day of voting by existing PSA members on whether to ratify the proposed PAKS collective agreement between the PSA and Health NZ.

Highlights of the proposed PAKS collective

The highlights of the new agreement, if it is ratified, include:

• Members would receive a pay increase of 2.5% effective 1 December 2025 with a further 2% from 7 December 2026. (Non-members would receive the pay increase from 6 April 2026).
• A transition payment to employees based on time in role, which could be significant for some workers. (The transition payments would be effective from 2 February 2026 for members, and from 6 April for non-members.). There are specific criteria on how time in role is defined.
• On call for IT related employees of $6/$8 per hour from 1 December 2025, increasing to $8/$10 per hour from 7 December 2026. (The on call would apply for non-member from 6 April.)
• A penal rate payment of time and a half for those required to work from midnight Friday to midnight Sunday.
• A new extended, clearer Coverage Clause.
• A process to move all employees to a unified pay system including ability to address pay disparities within teams.
• A lump sum payment of $500 to each HNZ worker in coverage (prorated on FTE).
• The term of the agreement is 1 December 2025 - 31 October 2027

Retaining pervious, better conditions

PSA members within coverage of the PAKS collective agreement who had entitlements that were/are better than what is provided in the new collective would retain those conditions as personal to holder. A process on how these will be recorded will be developed between HNZ and PSA following ratification.

Who is covered by the collective?

As well as Digital Services, the collective would cover those working in, communications, finance, infrastructure, operations, people and capability, procurement, service design and planning, analytics and research, and policy.

Join the PSA

Join the PSA here: https://www.psa.org.nz/join-the-psa

Source: PSA media release

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