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Minimum Wage Increases
Every year, Australian union members, via ACTU advocacy, fight for improved pay rates for the lowest paid. Recently, the Fair Work Commission determined in the national wage case, to apply a 3.5% pay increase to the national minimum wage from 1 July 2025 ($948 per week, or $24.95 per hour). This pay rate will apply to…
Member Win: Staff Increase at PathWest Haematology
Recently, HSUWA Members in QEII Haematology at PathWest won badly needed improvements to staffing in their department! This will relieve some of the pressure Members have been working under for a long time. They won: Members at every workplace understand the pressures of workload and increasing work intensity right now, and these workers have shown…
Private Pathology Campaign Launch
International Pathology Day on November 8 is an important day to celebrate the role that pathology plays in the diagnostic chain. We will celebrate by holding an event to launch Members’ new campaign to improve pay and conditions across the Private Pathology sector in WA. Members are telling us that “Quality Results Deserve Fair Pay”! Pay…
MEMBER WIN! ACL Staff to be Paid for Pre-start Duties
Members at Clinical Laboratories stand up for their rights to be paid for duties required by the employer. Members at Clinical Laboratories (ACL) raised concerns that the company required staff to perform 15 minutes of pre-start duties at hospital locations. Consequently, a union claim item in bargaining for a new Union Agreement requires that the company…
Anaesthetic Technicians fight for Better Jobs from Complacent WA Government
Anaesthetic Technicians are calling on the State Government to deliver pay equity and sensible, longoverdue improvements to their career structure to retain highly skilled and experienced technicians inpublic health. The budget announcement today of investment in public health services is very welcome. However,without any investment directed at supporting and retaining the workforce, there won’t be…
Union Agreement 2024 Registered – Public Sector
On 19 March 2025 the Union Agreement 2024 for the public sector was registered by the WA Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC). This means that the new terms achieved by HSUWA Members have come into effect. We note that some entitlements will apply on specific dates as set out in the Agreement. Given the range of changes that affect pay (such as new…
