Biggest workplace gripes

If you work outside of the hospital enviroment it is obvious that the standards of work place safety and conditions are often less. With less EBA strength the employer can use a variety of excuses to keep the costs down.
These include:
-small business so small income so low pay and less conditions eg can’t pay sick and annual leave
-nurses are in the minority of employees ,remember clerical and admin staff usually earn less than RNs.
-employing non nursing staff to do what was done by nurses eg using health assessors who work for considerably less in wages .These staff have zero idea of the appropriate safety requirements and medical knowledge known by nurses .Unregulated industries allow this eg occupational health companies.
-winning contracts that put financial pressure on all nurses to work so the business does not suffer fines and endanger further contracts or even cut short the present one. KPI pressures.
-not allowing the contracted business to conduct staff meetings on the work site during work time .Why should staff meetings be unpaid and in the staffs own time???

The best way to protect yourself and other nurses is to have clear ideas of how the site or unit needs to work and document the areas of responsibilities ,giving strong direction and time for meetings and conciliation.
Try to show the employer that working well will help the overall result ,but you do wonder why these ideas should be hard fought for ,like reinventing the wheel.