Aged care nurses in Queensland and NSW can pre-emptively protect their wages.

Aged care nurses in Queensland and NSW can breathe a little easier with news they can pre-emptively protect their wages. In a win for these nurses, workplace relations minister Julia Gillard has clarified the rules around when employees and unions can apply for take home pay orders under the new award modernisation process. Despite expecting the majority of employers to do the right thing and not reduce their employees' pay, Gillard said the government was responding to concerns voiced by some unions, including the Australian Nursing Federation. The new regulations put "beyond doubt that an...