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PRIVATE AND AGED CARE SECTOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS UPDATE (NORTH WEST REGION) Baptcare Karingal Community Care The employer has applied to the Fair Work Commission for approval of the agreement. Emmerton Park The employer has applied to the Fair Work Commission for approval of the agreement. Healthe Care North West Private Hospital The ballot will open on 24 July 2019 and will close on Tuesday 30 July 2019. Melaleuca The next bargaining meeting is scheduled for 23 July 2019. Mt St Vincent The Mt St Vincent facility will transfer to Respect Aged Care on 1 September 2019. Tandara Lodge Nurses…
PRIVATE AND AGED CARE SECTOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS UPDATE (NORTHERN REGION) Eskleigh Nurses The employer is reviewing its offer following the change in management. Japara The employer has applied to the Fair Work Commission for approval of the agreement. Medea Park The ANMF met with members to discuss the employer’s offer. Toosey The employer is finalising the draft agreement before a further ballot. The Eye Hospital The ANMF is surveying members to endorse the log of claims. Authorised by Andrew Brakey (ANMF Tasmanian Branch Executive Director) 24 July 2019
PRIVATE AND AGED CARE SECTOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS UPDATE (SOUTHERN REGION) Hobart Clinic The employer has agreed to bargain for a separate nurses agreement. Huon Regional Care The ANMF is surveying members regarding their options. Mary Ogilvy Home The employer has applied to the Fair Work Commission for approval of the agreement. Salvation Army Barrington Lodge The first bargaining meeting is scheduled for 26 July 2019. South Eastern Community Care The ANMF has sent the endorsed log of claims to the employer. Authorised by Andrew Brakey (ANMF Tasmanian Branch Executive Director) 24 July 2019
PRIVATE AND AGED CARE SECTOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS UPDATE (STATEWIDE) Australian Red Cross Blood Service The ANMF is meeting with members to endorse the log of claims. Bolton Clark The employer intends to stop negotiating with the ANMF and put its proposed agreement out to ballot. The ANMF has written to the employer asking for more bargaining meetings to be scheduled. Calvary Health Care Tasmania The ANMF met with the employer on 9 July 2019 to present its log of claims. A further meeting has been scheduled for 7 August 2019. Diagnostic Services The employer has applied to the Fair…
Aged Care: statewide updates 24 July 2019 STATEWIDE Aged Care visits The ANMF Communications & Engagement Officer (Mandy) has been out and about to several facilities over the last couple of weeks, hosting morning and afternoon teas for members and potential new members. These morning and afternoon teas are an opportunity for members to liase with the ANMF, talk about the highlights of working in Aged Care, industry news and their workplace concerns. During these recent visits, members raised concerns including workloads, overtime being worked without payment and staff shortages. Enterprise Agreements were also discussed, including the reason we…
Aged Care Ratios Campaign – the Earle Haven Crisis 24 July 2019 “We cannot wait until the Royal Commission into Aged Care finishes in 2020. Safe staffing laws must be introduced to hold aged care providers to account now, before any more elderly Australians are hurt or killed as a result of the under regulation and understaffing in private aged care.” [Beth Mohl, Secretary of the Queensland branch of the ANMF (the QNMU)] The sudden closure of the Gold Coast aged care facility Earle Haven as a result of a contractual dispute between an Aged Care provider and a…
North West Regional Hospital Medical Ward 24 July 2019 Members have raised several issues relating to workload, and a Step 1 Grievance was raised with the NUM. Solutions were suggested including delaying student placements, additional discharge planning support and review of staffing establishment. The ANMF will meet with members in August to assess any progress with these suggestions.
Mersey Community Hospital Medical Ward 24 July 2019 Members met on 20 June 2019 with ANMF Organisers Noni Morse and Phoebe Mansell, and Nurse Unit Manager (NUM), Jill McCarthy. Members agreed to proceed with Step 1. A meeting was held with the NUM on 11 July 2019 to discuss progress with interim solutions. It was agreed to escalate to a Step 2 Grievance. The ANMF has written to the acting Director of Nursing to arrange a specialist panel
Update: Launceston General Hospital (LGH) 24 July 2019 Launceston General Hospital (LGH) Ward 5D ANMF officials met with members working on Ward 5D on 11 July 2019 to discuss workload concerns in the absence of a Pharmacy Tech position for the ward. The ANMF will write to Tasmanian Health Service (THS) management to raise the concerns of members and will keep members informed of the response. Members endorsed to implement industrial action failing a satisfactory response from THS to address workload concerns.
Updates: Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) 24 July 2019 Paediatrics Services – Royal Hobart Hospital The ANMF held a member meeting in Paediatric Services Ward 3A in the RHH on 17 July 2019. This meeting was strongly attended and produced several points for action and consideration. The ANMF wish to thank all members who attended and a follow up meeting will be scheduled in the near future to discuss the outcomes of the issues raised. Ward 5A – Surgical Specialties/Orthopaedics The ANMF held a member meeting in Surgical Specialties/Orthopaedics ward 5A in the Royal Hobart Hospital on 19 July 2019.…
Repatriation Centre Change Proposal 24 July 2019 The ANMF are currently finalising their response to the Repatriation Centre Change Proposal regarding on-site car parking. As we have had the deadline for this feedback extended to 29 July 2019, we wish to invite any final feedback from members to be emailed urgently to MemberSupport@anmftas.org.au for inclusion in the final document.
Correctional Primary Health Services (CPHS) 24 July 2019 Subsequent to a facilities walk-through between the ANMF and CPHS/TPS management on 2 July 2019, a revised protocol for medication dispensing within medium security at Risdon Prison (during lockdown periods) has been agreed to in principle. This aims to mitigate certain OH&S hazards which have been prevalent for a long period of time. The ANMF look forward to meeting with staff to discuss these changes in the near future.
The Eye Hospital
Negotiations will soon begin for a replacement enterprise agreement at The Eye Hospital, although the first bargaining meeting has not yet been scheduled. The ANMF has been consulting with members over the past few months to develop a log of claims for the replacement agreement, with an initial member survey, a second survey and an endorsement meeting. After the ANMF provided the endorsed log of claims to the employer, a number of ANMF members asked for a further opportunity to provide feedback on the log of claims. There will be an ANMF members meeting to discuss the log of claims…
Calvary Health Care Tasmania 10 July 2019 The ANMF met with Calvary Health Care Tasmania in Hobart yesterday, 9 July 2019 to begin negotiations for a replacement enterprise agreement. The ANMF presented its log of claims during this meeting. Calvary Health Care Tasmania did not table a log of claims, but made the below comments: It will respond to the ANMF’s log of claims by 30 July 2019 It would like to combine the northern and southern enterprise agreements into one It will provide its log of claims by 30 July 2019 It will not provide a wage offer…
PRIVATE AND AGED CARE SECTOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS UPDATE (NORTH WEST REGION) Baptcare Karingal Community Care The agreement was made when a majority of employees approved it at ballot. The employer will now lodge the agreement with the Fair Work Commission for approval. Emmerton Park The employer has lodged the agreement with the Fair Work Commission for approval. Health Care North West Private Hospital ANMF members will meet to discuss the employer’s final offer on 11 July 2019. Melaleuca The next bargaining meeting is scheduled for 23 July 2019. Mt St Vincent The Mt St Vincent facility will transfer to…
PRIVATE AND AGED CARE SECTOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS UPDATE (SOUTHERN REGION) Hobart Clinic The employer has agreed to bargain for a separate nurses agreement. Huon Regional Care The ANMF is surveying members regarding their options. Mary Ogilvy Home The employer has applied to the Fair Work Commission for approval of the agreement. Salvation Army Barrington Lodge The first bargaining meeting is scheduled for 26 July 2019. South Eastern Community Care The ANMF has sent the endorsed log of claims to the employer. Authorised by Andrew Brakey (ANMF Tasmanian Branch Executive Director) 10 July 2019
PRIVATE AND AGED CARE SECTOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS UPDATE (NORTHERN REGION) Eskleigh Nurses The employer is reviewing its offer following the change in management. Japara The employer has lodged the agreement in the Fair Work Commission for approval. Medea Park The ANMF met with the employer on 25 June 2019. The ANMF is awaiting a response from the employer. Toosey The employer is finalising the draft agreement before a further ballot. The Eye Hospital The ANMF is surveying members to endorse the log of claims. Authorised by Andrew Brakey (ANMF Tasmanian Branch Executive Director) 10 July 2019
PRIVATE AND AGED CARE SECTOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS UPDATE (STATEWIDE) Australian Red Cross Blood Service The ANMF is meeting with members to endorse the log of claims. Bolton Clark The employer intends to stop negotiating with the ANMF and put its proposed agreement out to ballot. The ANMF has written to the employer asking for more bargaining meetings to be scheduled. Calvary Health Care Tasmania The ANMF met with the employer on 9 July 2019 to present its log of claims. Diagnostic Services The employer has applied to the Fair Work Commission for approval of the agreement. Masonic Care Tasmania…
Statewide Aged Care updates 10 July 2019 NORTH Masonic Care Fred French The ANMF have been working with members at the Masonic Care Tasmania (MCT), Fred French site regarding management’s decision to close one wing for renovation. Members are being asked to permanently relocate to the newly built wing at the Peace Haven site. The ANMF are supporting members via individual meetings with MCT management to discuss rostering and relocation requirements. If this change affects you, and you would like our support or representation, please contact the ANMF Member Support Team who will put you in touch with the…
Changes to Aged Care Regulation 10 July 2019 From 1 July 2019 the Australian Government introduced a new single set of regulatory standards that apply to all aged care services including residential care, home care, flexible care and services under the Commonwealth Home Support Programme. You can read these here. The new Standards focus on quality outcomes for consumers and are intended to make it easier for consumers, their families, care workers, and representatives to understand what to expect from a service and make regulation simpler for providers working across multiple aged care services. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission…