Your Enterprise Agreement

Your enterprise agreement

The Public Service Association is the principal union for public sector employees in South Australia.

Around 40,000 South Australian public sector employees are covered by an enterprise employment agreement titled:

 ‘South Australian Public Sector Enterprise Agreement 2021: Salaried’.

Key updates

Salaried bargaining to be expedited

Bargaining for the Salaried Enterprise Agreement has been underway since September 2024. Now, we’ve written to the declared employer to insist the process be expedited - and they’ve agreed. Read the letter here

A claim for a 20% wage increase in the first 12 months and a short 12–24 month agreement

We have presented a clear claim and our focus is simple: A meaningful wage increase. This isn’t just about timelines - it’s about real outcomes. Members have waited long enough.

Weekly enterprise bargaining meetings with government

We are now meeting at least once a week, every week, to drive progress. 

Meeting 1# July 30 2025

Image: Members who attended the PSA’s first weekly enterprise bargaining meeting with government are pictured with PSA General Secretary Charlotte (front, centre), Assistant General Secretary Celia (left) and Organising Lead Alen (right). 

DCP, SA Pathology, Housing Trust and DHS attended the meeting with the declared employer, with a focus on the OPS classification. 

Members spoke powerfully about the value of their work and the need for fair pay for the essential services they provide to the community. We thank them for sharing their stories.

“I thought it was a great opportunity to get in front of people who can help form decisions. It was good to be heard, and I think it was good to have a group of us, from different agencies because we all have different experiences. And even for us (PSA members) to hear from each other on these experiences too”. A PSA member who attended the first weekly meeting.

Read the full update here

Weekly meeting 2#

“When you’re living pay cheque to pay cheque, what kind of life do you get to live?”  

That’s the question one PSA member put to their employer last week as ASOs from across the public sector – from TAFE to DHS, from CFS to the SA Museum – fronted the bargaining table to demand a 20% pay rise.  

How does Public Sector ASO roles compare to interstate?

This fight isn’t just about a few – it’s about 40,000 workers across the public service and their families.

 We are the people the Government calls “essential” – but they refuse to pay us accordingly. Right now, we’re 20%–30% behind other staff interstate doing similar work. 

That’s not just unfair – it’s unsustainable.  

Weekly EBA Meeting 2# .13 August 2025.pdf

Read the full update here

Flyers and Resources:

Meet our newly elected PSA leadership Team (A4) 30 July 2025.pdf

Salaried EB update 1 August 2025.pdf

Comparison of SA ASO roles to interstate

Weekly EBA Meeting 2# .13 August 2025.pdf

Get involved

• If you're not a PSA member, join today!
• Organise to host a meeting in your workplace - Contact: youragreement@psaofsa.asn.au
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