South Australia: correctional officers and the Salaried 2026 enterprise agreement
Status
Approved 4 March 2026; nominal expiry 1 July 2027; ET-26-00776.
How it applies
The South Australian Public Sector Enterprise Agreement: Salaried 2026 was approved by SAET under section 79 of the Fair Work Act 1994 (SA), effective 4 March 2026, with nominal expiry on 1 July 2027. It is an enforceable employment instrument, not a WHS code. Check the parties and classification coverage before applying it.
For DCS correctional officers, Appendix 7 must be read with Part 9 of the S.A. Public Sector Salaried Employees Interim Award. Schedule 1.12 contains correctional-officer salaries. Appendix 7 addresses classifications, public-holiday arrangements, hours and industry-officer allowances. Its hours clause replaces only award clauses 9.4.2 and 9.4.3, not the whole of Part 9. Shift-worker ordinary hours average 38 weekly across specified cycles; cycles exceeding 152 hours in 28 days require institution-level consultation.
Clause 14 addresses unreasonable workloads and a staged dispute process. Clause 14.16 excludes its clause 14.12 process where the employee initiates a section 62 Public Sector Act review for the same workload issue.
Practical use: retain rosters, payslips, classification records and consultation correspondence. Match the actual issue to the agreement and surviving award provisions. Do not apply this state public-sector agreement to private-prison employees merely because their duties are similar.
Reading scope
Approval order, general interpretation/coverage, workload clause, Schedule 1.12, Appendix 7 and Appendix 7A read. Not a full clause-by-clause review of all 200 pages.
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