The Fair Work Commission has given its assent to the proposed Ardrossan Community Hospital Inc & ANMF (Private Sector) Nursing Employees Enterprise Agreement 2016.
July 25, 2016
The head of Tasmania’s new streamlined health service has offered to retrain senior managers at the Royal Hobart Hospital. The email asks clinical staff to speed up the discharge process at Tasmania’s biggest public hospital to free up beds, as the Emergency Department is at capacity and the situation is “getting worse”. It tells staff to “where possible” review what it terms “probable” and “potential” discharges. Tasmanian Health Service chief executive Dr David Alcorn, a psychiatrist, said that was not the way the hospital did business, but he was not going on a “witch hunt” to find the person responsible for the memo.
July 25, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has rubberstamped the UnitingCare Health Engineering/Maintenance Enterprise Agreement 2016-2018.
July 25, 2016
An application for approval of the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Roe in his Melbourne chambers.
July 25, 2016
The next pay rise for WA nurses will not be backdated, leaving 15,000 out of pocket until consensus is reached on a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA), Health Minister John Day has confirmed. The EBA covering registered nurses and midwives expired on June 30 and negotiations have only just begun on a replacement agreement. The delay means a new agreement will not be finalised for several months at the earliest.
July 25, 2016
An application by Queensland Nurses’ Union of Employees (s.225 – Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date) is within the purview of Commissioner Booth in the privacy of his Brisbane chambers.
July 25, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has approved the Balaklava Mill Court Homes Registered Nurse, Enrolled Nruse & Personal Care Assistant (ANMF) Enterprise Agreement 2015.
July 25, 2016
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association and Bupa Care Services Pty Limited have a (s.739 – Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Johns in Sydney.