A 2.5 per cent wage increase, safer hospital staffing levels and special leave with pay for employees experiencing domestic violence are conditions in a new pay deal approved by the SA state nurses and midwives. After months of negotiations, about 17,000 public sector staff in SA have agreed to a new three-year enterprise bargaining agreement with the State Government. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA) chief executive officer Associate Professor Elizabeth Dabars said ballot results secured new and better staffing levels, job security wages, conditions and wages.
