Epworth EA: management’s latest offer
Epworth EA: management’s latest offer
13 Feb 2014
Bargaining continues at the Epworth Hospital with management presenting a revised offer to members earlier this week. The VHPA is holding a series of...
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SAYING NO— Community Heath Professionals vote on Enterprise Agreement
SAYING NO— Community Heath Professionals vote on Enterprise Agreement
06 Feb 2014
Nine Victorian Community Health Centres are in the process of voting on a non-Union, management-offered Enterprise Agreement. The proposed Agreement i...
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Bargaining Begins at Lake Imaging
Bargaining Begins at Lake Imaging
06 Feb 2014
Enterprise bargaining at Lake Imaging Geelong is now underway. The parties have thus far met twice and plan to meet on a regular basis. Members deser...
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Medical millionaire proposes real pay cut for staff despite 29% surge in profits
Medical millionaire proposes real pay cut for staff despite 29% surge in profits
29 Jan 2014
A proposed real pay cut for staff of major x-ray and diagnostics provider Healthcare Imaging Services (HIS) is appalling hypocrisy considering company...
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Confidential ballot won for Community Health Professionals
Confidential ballot won for Community Health Professionals
29 Jan 2014
An outcry over the failure to allow Community Health Professionals to vote confidentially in an upcoming Enterprise Agreement ballot has led to a chan...
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Constructive talks over Chief Structures in public hospitals
Constructive talks over Chief Structures in public hospitals
22 Jan 2014
Constructive talks were held this morning with the VHIA over the Classification Review and the VHPA’s strong concerns regarding the need to maintain...
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Community Health Professionals to be worst paid Health Professionals in Australia?
Community Health Professionals to be worst paid Health Professionals in Australia?
22 Jan 2014
Members in Community Health are being urged to reject a proposed Enterprise Agreement (EA) that would see them become the worst paid Health Profession...
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Epworth overstates value of pay offer
Epworth overstates value of pay offer
22 Jan 2014
Epworth are overstating the value of their latest pay offer and Health Professionals (HPs) should be sceptical of the figures management has provided ...
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Delegates’ mass meeting kicks off Community Health campaign for 2014
Delegates’ mass meeting kicks off Community Health campaign for 2014
15 Jan 2014
A mass meeting of Delegates this week means the VHPA’s Community Health campaign will start 2014 with a bang. Community Health Delegates have been ...
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Miserly 1% pay offer rejected by HIS members
Miserly 1% pay offer rejected by HIS members
15 Jan 2014
A pre-Xmas online poll resulted in a clear message from members at Healthcare Imaging Services (HIS) for the VHPA to start moves towards industrial ...
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Ball in VHIA’s court over Public Sector Classification Review
Ball in VHIA’s court over Public Sector Classification Review
09 Jan 2014
A recent conciliation before the Fair Work Commission over the Public Sector Reclassification Review has left the ball firmly in the court of the Vict...
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Community Health industrial action delayed by Commission
Community Health industrial action delayed by Commission
09 Jan 2014
The Fair Work Commission has delayed a move by the VHPA to take industrial action at several Community Health Services. Shortly before the holiday br...
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Conciliation over Better Structures, Better Care Review slated for Friday
Conciliation over Better Structures, Better Care Review slated for Friday
18 Dec 2013
A conciliation meeting between the VHPA and the VHIA will occur on Friday over the ‘Better Structures, Better Care’ Classification Review for the ...
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VHPA goes to Fair Work over Better Structures, Better Care Review
VHPA goes to Fair Work over Better Structures, Better Care Review
12 Dec 2013
** Public Sector Health Professionals - Special Update**   VHPA goes to Fair Work over Better Structures, Better Care Review   The VHPA has...
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Pay rise opinion shows need to improve Public Sector EA: further action possible
Pay rise opinion shows need to improve Public Sector EA: further action possible
05 Dec 2013
An opinion expressed by the Fair Work Commission in favour of the employers and against the VHPA has shown the need to improve the drafting of key cla...
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Fed up HIS members get ready for industrial action
Fed up HIS members get ready for industrial action
27 Nov 2013
VHPA members at Healthcare Imaging Services (HIS) are getting fed up with the response of management and are being surveyed as to what types of indust...
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Ramsay HPs get early pay rise
Ramsay HPs get early pay rise
27 Nov 2013
Health Professionals at Ramsay Health Care a can look forward to a 3.5% pay increase in mid-December (back-paid to the first full-pay pay period comme...
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Yooralla HPs denied pay rise despite $6.6 million profit
Yooralla HPs denied pay rise despite $6.6 million profit
27 Nov 2013
Health Professionals at Yooralla have not had a pay rise for more than two years despite the major disability service provider trumpeting a surplus of...
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Protest over unfair pay at mass meeting of Community Health workers
Protest over unfair pay at mass meeting of Community Health workers
19 Nov 2013
Pictured above are Community Health members getting the message out to colleagues and management at the mass meeting -  from left, Lisa Magnusson, ...
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Epworth Enterprise Agreement negotiations continue this week
Epworth Enterprise Agreement negotiations continue this week
13 Nov 2013
As mentioned in last week's newsletter, Epworth management is playing hardball in its response to the log of claims that was recently presented by the...
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It’s time to support our Community Health colleagues
It’s time to support our Community Health colleagues
08 Nov 2013
Did you know? Podiatrists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Pathologists are being paid less than Dietitians, Audiologists and Psy...
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Commission hearing set for public hospital pay rise issue
Commission hearing set for public hospital pay rise issue
08 Nov 2013
The Fair Work Commission has set Tuesday 3 December as the date for hearing the dispute regarding the pay rise delay for Health Professionals in the p...
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Big pay rises due this week for Healthscope and SEPC
Big pay rises due this week for Healthscope and SEPC
08 Nov 2013
Big pay rises are due this week for Health Professionals at Healthscope and South East Palliative Care (SEPC). Health Professionals (HPs) can expect ...
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Collective bargaining update – November 2013
Collective bargaining update – November 2013
08 Nov 2013
Here is a brief update on the progress we are making with the Enterprise Agreements the VHPA has been working on this year:  Barwon CASA Negotiations...
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Personal leave win shows light at end of tunnel
Personal leave win shows light at end of tunnel
31 Oct 2013
If you have been experiencing unfair and potentially unlawful restrictions on your access to personal leave, there is light at the end of the tunnel. ...
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Update on public hospital pay rise delay
Update on public hospital pay rise delay
31 Oct 2013
Last week’s HP Update exposed the fact that Health Professionals in the public sector were experiencing a delay in their pay rise that was due from...
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Public hospitals penny-pinching impacts on Health Professionals
Public hospitals penny-pinching impacts on Health Professionals
23 Oct 2013
Many Health Professionals in the public sector are still waiting for their pay rise that was due from 1 October. Under the current Public Health Sect...
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Solid win delivers $8300 a year for SEPC Health Professionals
Solid win delivers $8300 a year for SEPC Health Professionals
23 Oct 2013
Health Professionals at South East Palliative Care will get at least $5,915 in back pay and a lump sum as soon as their new VHPA-negotiated Enterprise...
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Healthscope EA to be voted on … again
Healthscope EA to be voted on … again
16 Oct 2013
Members at Healthscope recently voted on their new Enterprise Agreement and the result was a unanimous YES. Unfortunately, an error on behalf of Heal...
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Three-year anniversary since last Community Health pay rise
Three-year anniversary since last Community Health pay rise
09 Oct 2013
In a few weeks time it will be three years since Community Health Professionals last had a pay rise. This is an appalling anniversary the VHIA and Com...
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Pay rise due for public health sector
Pay rise due for public health sector
02 Oct 2013
Pay rise due If you work in the public health sector, don’t forget to check your next pay slip to make sure you have received your latest pay rise. ...
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‘Close the pay gap’ say Epworth HPs
‘Close the pay gap’ say Epworth HPs
02 Oct 2013
First Epworth EA negotiation meeting The first Epworth EA negotiation meeting was held last week with the VHPA team submitting our log of claims to m...
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Public Health Professionals set to gain from Classification Review
Public Health Professionals set to gain from Classification Review
11 Sep 2013
Health Professionals working in the public health sector will soon gain a number of improvements from the long-awaited Clause 11 Classification Review...
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Good pay rise on the cards for Healthscope HPs
Good pay rise on the cards for Healthscope HPs
11 Sep 2013
Health Professionals at Healthscope can look forward to a total pay rise of an estimated $13,000 under a proposed new Enterprise Agreement (EA). The ...
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Early access to Long Service Leave won
Early access to Long Service Leave won
11 Sep 2013
Health Professionals at Healthe Care have won early access to Long Service Leave after a protracted but ultimately successful campaign by the Union. ...
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Ten logs of claims served on Community Health Centres
Ten logs of claims served on Community Health Centres
11 Sep 2013
Members’ logs of claims for the Enterprise Agreement have now been served on ten individual Community Health Centres (CHCs). These Centres have ele...
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Collective bargaining update
Collective bargaining update
26 Aug 2013
Besides the Community Health sector, the VHPA is engaged in collective bargaining on behalf of members with several other employers. Below is an updat...
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Do you work at Epworth HealthCare?
Do you work at Epworth HealthCare?
12 Aug 2013
If you work at Epworth HealthCare we want your views and ideas. We are currently surveying all Health Professionals at Epworth to collect feedback ab...
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Union exposes $5,000 pay rip-off in Community Health
Union exposes $5,000 pay rip-off in Community Health
05 Aug 2013
The latest pay offer by Community Health management would be an unfair rip-off with VHPA members ending up getting $5,000 a year less than similarly q...
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Employees misled over Healthe Care Agreement?
Employees misled over Healthe Care Agreement?
29 Jul 2013
Statements made by management about long service leave that appear to be misleading are one of several reasons why the Fair Work Commission should rej...
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Log of claims served on Yooralla management
Log of claims served on Yooralla management
22 Jul 2013
In a major step towards negotiating a long-overdue Enterprise Agreement (EA), the VHPA served a log of claims on Yooralla management last Friday. Top ...
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Community Health campaign gains momentum
Community Health campaign gains momentum
22 Jul 2013
The Community Health Centre (CHC) Campaign continues to gather momentum with more Centres electing Health Professionals Delegates and work underway at...
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Members at HIS win first aid pay and curbs on hours
Members at HIS win first aid pay and curbs on hours
12 Jul 2013
Health Professionals working for Healthcare Imaging Services (HIS) have achieved curbs on extended work hours thanks to intervention by the VHPA. The...
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Final stage of negotiations on public sector reclassifications
Final stage of negotiations on public sector reclassifications
05 Jul 2013
NEGOTIATIONS for improvements to job conditions, rates of pay, retention and career paths for public sector Health Professionals are in a final stage....
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Employers’ representative refuses to bargain with Community Health Professionals
Employers’ representative refuses to bargain with Community Health Professionals
05 Jul 2013
Discussions on the long-overdue Enterprise Agreement (EA) for Community Health Professionals have reached an impasse, with the employers’ bargaining...
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Healthe Care Members should reject another bad offer
Healthe Care Members should reject another bad offer
18 Jun 2013
Members are being advised to reject another attempt by management of Healthe Care to push through a sub-standard Enterprise Agreement (EA) in the ball...
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Union members in health care are $9000 better off
Union members in health care are $9000 better off
12 Jun 2013
What’s the value of union collective bargaining? More than $9000 a year in your pocket, as well as better conditions and respect for your rights. A...
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Enterprise Agreement negotiations are underway
Enterprise Agreement negotiations are underway
12 Jun 2013
Negotiations for more than twelve different Enterprise Agreements (EA) are either underway or soon to start. These Agreements will determine the pay a...
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Community health delegates meet to plan Enterprise Agreement campaigns
30 May 2013
Newly-elected delegates from around nine community health centres met on Tuesday this week to discuss plans for their Enterprise Agreement campaigns. ...
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Stop the drift to private practice – say community health professionals
Stop the drift to private practice – say community health professionals
22 May 2013
More than 160 health professionals attended a recent round of meetings in over 25 Community Health Centres (CHC) to discuss the current Enterprise Agr...
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Real pay cut at Healthe Care thwarted … for now
Real pay cut at Healthe Care thwarted … for now
15 May 2013
If you work at HealtheCare sites it is urgently important you get involved in the union to protect your pay and conditions.  A recent attempt by Heal...
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Workplace issues under scrutiny
Workplace issues under scrutiny
13 May 2013
Your union membership provides you with industrial representation all year round, not just when Enterprise Agreements are being negotiated. There are ...
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Members at St John of God win 3.25%
Members at St John of God win 3.25%
13 May 2013
Members at St John of God win 3.25% backdated pay rise Congratulations to members at St John of God Health Care who recently voted in favour of their ...
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Community Health Update
Community Health Update
02 Feb 2013
Until recently, the Community Health sector was covered by the Public Health Sector Agreement. However, the stand-alone Community Health centres were ...
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Public Sector Classification Review (Better Structures / Better Care)
Public Sector Classification Review (Better Structures / Better Care)
02 Feb 2013
Negotiations continue to resolve issues surrounding the $15 million attached to the Public Sector EBA. The original agreement, which included provisio...
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Cabrini health professional members meeting
Cabrini health professional members meeting
24 Dec 2012
On 24 December Craig McGregor met with Cabrini health professional members to discuss and draft a log of claims for bargaining. Members were very enga...
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