ACTPS have presented their pay offer to unions for members to consider. The offer is:

• A four-year agreement to expire on 30 March 2027.
• A one-off “sign on” payment of $1,250, payable on commencement of the proposed agreement.
• A superannuation increase of 0.5% with effect from 1 July 2025.
• The proposed recurrent increases to your base rate of pay are:

Because these recurrent increases include flat dollar increases, the annual percentage increases will be small:

These pay increases fall below CPI, which means that workers’ pay will go backwards in real terms. This reflects a broken commitment to workers from the ACT Government, despite the hard work you have put in on the front lines.

Have your say on the offer now – complete the HSU survey.

This is a confusing offer, but here are the key points:

• This offer is not final.
• The single non-recurrent increase is a pre-tax amount that will be pro-rata if you are not full time. This means all workers can expect to get less than that amount in their pocket.
• Chief Minister Andrew Barr has not met his commitment to ‘at least match CPI’.
• The 0.5% super increase in 2025 is the bare minimum required increase under the federal scheme.
• There will be no increase to your super in 2023, 2024, or 2026.
• Bargaining is running behind schedule and there should have been a pay increase in November/December 2022. Despite this, there is no offer to backdate the February increase.

The bottom line is this offer is a pay cut to workers and the government knows it.

What do you think of the offer? We want to hear from you. Please complete the HSU’s brief survey at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ACTPS-Offer-Nov22

You can view the full correspondence sent to the HSU at this link.