Using federal funding to come up with a better pay offer for NSW nurses has been ruled out, just one day after union members gathered to demand increased pay in line with other states. Members of the NSW Nurses and ...
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Aged care nurses set to earn more from March 1
Registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will soon be paid more under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) changes to the Nurses Award 2020. The pay increases, outlined in the FWC's final determination in December of last year, will ...
More »NSW Premier says nurse pay rise “unlikely to happen” after upping police wages 19%
More than 50,000 nurses and midwives walked off the job for 24-hours last week as pay disputes with the NSW government have intensified. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) took to the streets of Sydney from 7am Wednesday morning, ...
More »Commission says NSW nurses‘ strike “unnecessary”
New South Wales public sector nurses and midwives are preparing to walk off the job again in the latest union-led industrial action for higher wages. The NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association has warned that its members will commence a 24-hour ...
More »Ramsay Health Care faces historic industrial action in NSW
Nurses and midwives in New South Wales have commenced industrial action against global health care conglomerate Ramsay Health Care, after multiple failed attempts to negotiate a pay offer that will meet inflation. This is the first time that industrial action ...
More »Wage boost for thousands of Vic nurses
Thousands of Victorian nurses could score a massive wage boost of almost 30 per cent under a new agreement with the State Government just a month after industrial action shut down hospital beds and planned surgeries. The Victorian branch of ...
More »NSW offers nurses pay rise, short of unions demands
The NSW government has offered public sector workers, including nurses, a three-year pay rise worth 10.5 per cent, which is well under the demands of some of the unions. The Minns government announced the offer last Monday, and it applies ...
More »‘We deserve more’: Nurses’ union calls for 15% pay rise
A nurses' union has warned the state government that it will be pursuing more action to build up the depleting public hospital workforce. In a statement released yesterday, the NSW Nurse and Midwives' Association (NSWNMA) called for a 15 per ...
More »Aged care nurses may wait until 2026 for full pay increase
The Albanese government seeks to delay aged care wage rises of 23 per cent by almost two years due to concerns that a large pay jump could fuel labour shortages by attracting workers from other sectors. The government has requested ...
More »Aged care AINs and PCWs secure 23 per cent pay rise
An increase to award wages for Certificate III aged care workers has "finally" been secured. The Fair Work Commission ordered pay increases of 23 per cent for assistants in nursing (AINs) and personal care workers (PCWs) with a Certificate III ...
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