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Hornery, Sonia to the
Minister for Ageing, and Minister for Disability Services
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- Will the Minister provide pay parity for nurses in the disability sector,
with nurses in the public sector?
- If so, when?
- If not, can the Minister explain why nurses in the disability sector are
not entitled to the same pay as their public sector counterparts?
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Answer -
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- As was the case under the previous Government industrial matters and
working conditions are matters appropriate for Award negotiations between the
Agency and the appropriate union.
Under the provisions of the NSW
Government's public sector wages policy, nurses employed in Ageing, Disability
and Home Care were offered a 2.5 per cent wage increase from July 2012. The NSW
Nurses and Midwives' Association rejected this offer.
The NSW Government's
public sector wages policy aims to achieve a balance between maintaining the
real value of wages for public sector employees and the obligations of
government to manage the State budget and to live within our means.
- The NSW Industrial Relations Commission has recommended the NSW Nurses and
Midwives' Association and Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Department of
Family and Community Services continue discussions in accordance with the NSW
Government wages policy.
Ageing, Disability and Home Care is committed to
continuing to work with representatives of the NSW Nurses and Midwives'
Association to negotiate an outcome and develop a new Award within the
parameters of the NSW Government Public Sector wages policy.
- Nurses employed in Ageing, Disability and Home Care have their own Award
providing for specific employment conditions and salary rates, separate to the
Public Hospital Nurses' (State) Award. This has been the case under the Carr,
Iemma, Rees and Keneally Governments.
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Question asked on 26 February 2013 (session 55-1)
and printed in
Questions & Answers Paper No. 136
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Answer received on 27 March 2013
and printed in
Questions & Answers Paper No. 148
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