The passage of new NDIS laws must now be followed by an equally serious effort to build the skilled workforce Australians with disability rely on, the Health Services Union said today.
The expansion of paid mandatory placements to a further ten allied health professions is a hard-fought victory for students and the future of Australia’s health system, the Health Services Union said today.
Optometrists working for Australia’s corporate eye-care chains will launch a push for enforceable rights to proper breaks, predictable rosters and payment for every hour worked under a Fair Work Commission bid being lodged today by the Health Services Union.
Health, aged care and disability workers will receive vital cost-of-living relief from the Fair Work Commission’s decision to lift minimum award wages by 4.75 per cent.
Optometrists at some of Australia’s largest eye care chains are being threatened with formal warnings for missing sales targets and required to seek permission before using the bathroom, a new Health Services Union report reveals.
The Health Services Union has urged the federal government to make an aged care worker registration scheme reality within 12 months instead of the two-year timeline outlined in the Budget.
The Health Services Union has welcomed landmark NDIS reforms, saying the changes will help drive out rogue providers while delivering a fairer funding model for participants and workers.
The Health Services Union has welcomed the federal government’s $3 billion aged care funding announcement, while calling on the government to ensure workforce sustainability and worker protections are central to its reforms.
The Health Services Union is calling on governments and employers to deliver immediate, targeted relief for health, aged care and disability workers during Australia’s worsening fuel crisis.
The Health Services Union (HSU) today welcomed the first pay increases flowing from the Fair Work Commission’s landmark gender undervaluation decision in the Health Professionals and Support Services (HPSS) Award.
