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Paid Union Meetings – Ramsay Health Care
HSUWA will host paid union meetings at Ramsay Health Care workplaces to discuss the Agreement Offer that will soon be put out to vote.
HSUWA COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT UNANIMOUSLY REJECTS SECOND OFFER
Released Thursday 5 September 2024 The Second Offer made by the Department of Health on 20 August 2024 has now been unanimously rejected by the HSUWA Committee of Management. The departments will meet this week to finalise arrangements for further action to be taken in the coming weeks. While the Second Offer offered some improvements…
HPSS Award Decision for Allied Health Professionals – private sector
This week, after additional months of union advocacy at the Fair Work Commission (FWC), the FWC published the long-awaited Final Determination for the Health Professionals and Support Services (HPSS) Award for Allied Health Professionals, undertaken as part of the Priority Award Review. This decision settles a number of issues that were considered following earlier interim…
Geriatric Rehabilitation Finalist Team
Health workers take on all sorts of challenges but no one in the BHS Geriatric Rehab Team thought they’d be challenged to remake a pair of pants to add Velcro sides! The multi-disciplinary Bentley Health Service Geriatric Rehabilitation Team say that their patient-centred approach means they are prepared to take on any challenge, even if it…
HSUWA Welcomes State Government Attention to Winter Surge Planning in Health
The Health Services Union welcomes today’s announcement by the State Government of a Winter Surge Plan to improve the management of winter hospital demand. The Winter Surge Plan announcement includes a range of different initiatives, that in combination, could make a real difference, which is positive news. Our public health system is already operating over…
Recognition that Jobs are Undervalued Due to Gender Bias
On 16 April 2025, the Fair Work Commission (Commission) found that there was gender-based undervaluation of occupations across five Modern Awards. Modern Awards set minimum pay rates as a ‘safety net’ for industries and occupations in the private sector. In a wide-ranging initial decision announced as a ‘provisional view’, the Commission made a number of historic determinations. Importantly, this included changes to the minimum pay rates in a range of occupations…
