QIRC hands down ambo arbitration decision: The Government’s attempts to totally abolish meal allowances for ambulance officers has failed but cuts to the previous allowance will mean ambos who put patients before a meal break will lose money following the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission’s (QIRC) arbitration decision. The new provision is significantly less than the previous allowance. It is important to note the Government actively pursued the erosion of many workplace health and safety provisions for members during the arbitration. On the positive side, we were successful in stopping the Government’s bid to: • abolish family friendly three-month roster arrangements; • cut consultation with paramedics; • minimise fatigue breaks; and • refuse salary sacrifice. As expected with the Newman Government’s new rules on public sector pay rises, the QIRC simply mirrored the government’s wages submission awarding 2.2% increase per annum. To find out more information on the QIRC decision and what it means for ambos visit our website. ambulance.myunitedvoice.org/
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 11:46:35 +0000
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