Health and community services workers, most of whom are women, are retiring with a super balance of just $53,000. With more than 80 per cent of the workforce made up of women, modest incomes, the fact that many have taken breaks in their working careers to raise children and that they haven’t had super for their whole working life, means their retirement balances are less than half the national average.
November 9, 2015
The Fair Work Commission has rubber stamped the Eastern Health Services Pty Ltd “back in Motion Health Group Wantirna South Enterprise Agreement 2015”.
November 6, 2015
The Department of Human Services is standing by its position on penalty pay for casual staff saying its loading rates fit within what is required in the enterprise agreement. The Community and Public Sector Union has approached the Fair Work Commission about alleged underpayment of casual staff at Human Services, which looks after Centrelink and Medicare. The long-term casuals had either not been paid an annual salary advancement of 2.75 per cent or had not been paid overtime rates, according to the union which believed this was a breach of the enterprise agreement.
November 6, 2015
An urgent meeting has been held to ease the tension between the nurses union and South Australian Government over its Transforming Health overhaul. The Nursing and Midwifery Federation lost patience after the so-called “implementation schedule” documents arrived last week failed to provide the detail it was looking for. It wrote to Health Minister Jack Snelling stating it was “deeply concerned by the lack of meaningful information and detailed timeframes listed in these documents”. Union state secretary Elizabeth Dabars said the uncertainty had placed nurses under stress.
November 6, 2015
NSW nursing home should be forced to have registered nurses on duty to care for patients, a NSW parliamentary inquiry has found.
November 6, 2015
The Health Services Union and the Department of Health and Human Services are contesting a s.379 (Application to deal with a dispute) served by the HSU.
November 6, 2015
The Department of Human Services is fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an ex-employee (Raykos).
November 6, 2015
Monash Health is facing a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) lodged by an employee (Bannon).
