Government News has a story on plans at Health to offer demotions in an effort to get payroll down:
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has successfully sought to enter consultations with the Department of Health following confirmation that a range of voluntary workplace flexibility options – including reduced hours and voluntary demotions – have been put to staff as a way of cutting budgets and potentially reducing the need for redundancies.
The tactics by Health open a bold new front in the bid to reduce the staff costs in the Australian Public Service because they are likely to act as a frontrunner for similar initiatives in other departments.