Hello everyone
I want to provide you with a further update on the government’s wages offer to Public Sector Unions.
As I shared last week, the government has put forward a one-year rollover offer to Public Sector Unions that provides for a 3 per cent salary increase, with all existing terms and conditions maintained. Unions are expected to provide their response to this offer by Thursday 9 October.
This offer is intended to ensure that all employees due for a wage increase can receive their pay rise as anticipated, as we continue to address the challenges of the budget repair task ahead.
It is a true rollover agreement: the same percentage as last year, for one year only, with no changes to existing conditions, which all continue. If accepted, we will then return to the bargaining table to negotiate longer-term arrangements.
Importantly, if there is no agreement reached on the current offer, any future salary increases will not be effective until the date they are agreed.
In terms of the offer itself, the one-year rollover offer of 3 per cent is well above expected cost of living increases for 2026. For context, since 2015, Tasmanian State Sector wage agreements have generally provided for increases of around 2 per cent, except for the 2022 agreement round where agreements provided for higher increases of 3.5, 3 and 3 per cent, which the Government has now offered to extend while budget repair work is undertaken.
I see every day the results of the work we do as public sector employees to support the Tasmanian community, and I want to thank you for your continued professionalism and dedication during this period of change.
In my role as Head of the State Service, I will continue to keep all staff informed as discussions with unions progress and the current offer period ends.
Kind regards
