Public Sector Wage Increase
Public Sector Wage Increase
29 Aug 2014
Members working in the public health sector are due a salary increase that should start being paid on the first full pay period on or after 01 October...
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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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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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Member wins 20 weeks back-pay
Member wins 20 weeks back-pay
09 Jan 2014
The VHPA has been successful in obtaining the equivalent of approximately 20 weeks pay for a Health Professional employed at a public sector medical c...
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Know your rights: how to check your payslip
Know your rights: how to check your payslip
05 Dec 2013
Are you being paid correctly? How can you check if your employer has passed on your latest pay increase or whether you are getting the right allowance...
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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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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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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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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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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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Sick leave changes cause alarm
Sick leave changes cause alarm
26 Aug 2013
Alarm bells have been ringing for staff at Melbourne Health after a change to the leave policy which limits the use statutory declarations as acceptab...
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Another employer drops payroll deduction – switch to DD
Another employer drops payroll deduction – switch to DD
19 Aug 2013
ANOTHER employer, the Red Cross, has advised they will no longer support payroll deductions of union fees for their employees. If you are one of the ...
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Massive back-pay win for higher qualifications
Massive back-pay win for higher qualifications
19 Aug 2013
A SUCCESSFUL case by the VHPA before the Fair Work Commission last week has won a member a massive $7000 back-pay. The VHPA’s industrial team succe...
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Salary packaging saved from FBT changes
Salary packaging saved from FBT changes
19 Jul 2013
Health Professionals benefiting from employer-provided salary packaging arrangements can breathe a sigh of relief. While the Federal Government has m...
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