As the aged care worker pay rise tribunal begins this week, the lawyer representing aged care employees has cautioned the Fair Work Commission against using gender as a reason to lift wages in the union’s bid to increase pay by 25%.
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From this week it will be compulsory for aged care providers to inform the government how many of their staff have been vaccinated. But with aged care staff under no obligation to tell their employers if they’ve received the jab, how accurate will the data be?
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The Australian Nurses and Midwifery Federation has hit back at claims its fixed staff ratio model is flawed. Aged care consulting firm Ansell Consulting issued a submission to the royal commission last month, in which it said the ANMF’s proposed fixed staff ratio model of care is “not appropriate” and “simplistic”. The report features...
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