employer's response to log of claims - Queensland Nurses Union

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Queensland Nurses’ Union of Employees, 187 Melbourne Street, West End Q 4101
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Baptist Care QNU members 22 June 2010
Enterprise bargaining update—
employer’s response to log of claims
Baptist Care has provided its response to the QNU’s log of claims in respect of a replacement enterprise agreement.
The Union’s log was developed from responses to a survey that was sent out to all members employed at Baptist
Care. The employer’s response is as follows:
ITEM
RESPONSE
WAGES AND ALLOWANCES
1. Public sector parity No. Propose a 2 year agreement with 3% increases from
July 2010 and July 2011
2. No reduction in current conditions Agree in principle but subject to negotiations
3. Nurses Aged Care Award 2005 classification structure Agreed
4. Allowance for
(a) staying on premises during meal breaks
(b) missed meal breaks
(a) Agreed
(b) No - meal breaks are required to be taken
5. $1500 professional development allowance No
6. Increased employer superannuation contributions No
7. Nurses Award 2010 uniform allowance Agreed
8. In-charge allowance Retain for night supervision
9. Personal leave certificate to be required only after 3 No, current 2 days remain
days
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
10. Public Holidays paid at double time No, to be phased as per modern award transition
11.Christmas Day
(a) paid at double time and a half
(b) penalty paid on 25 December
LEAVE ISSUES
12. Paid professional development leave for Continuing
Professional Development purposes
13. Long Service Leave
(a) accrual to 1.3 weeks
(b) access after 7 years continuous service
(a) Phased Show Day penalty to be paid on Christmas
Day as per current clause 10.6.5
(b) Agreed
No. Current provisions at 10.5 and 11.1 to continue
(a) No, current accrual rate to continue
(b) Agreed
14. 14 weeks paid maternity leave No, current 6 weeks to continue
15. Annual Leave clause from Nurses Award 2010 No, current clause to be retained
16. Paid emergency leave No
Authorised by Gay Hawksworth, Secretary, Queensland Nurses’ Union. June 2010

OTHER
17. Energy efficiency clause No
18 Workload management tool implemented through Comprehensive clause already exists – Part 3
consultative committee
19. Better workplace consultation generally ?
20. All mandatory training and meetings paid Current Clause 11.1 to be retained as framework for
QBC’s recently introduced training policy
21. Training in relevant areas such as behaviour
Already occurs
management and dementia care
22. Overtime paid for all work outside rostered hours Current practice to continue
23. Appropriate handover time ?
24. Procedure agreed re how overtime is approved Current procedure to continue
EMPLOYER CLAIMS:
1. Rest days as per Nurses Award 2010
2. Certificates or statutory declarations required if absent for single day’s absence adjacent to RDOs, ADOs, paid
leave.
QNU organiser Paul Mitchell will be visiting Baptist Care sites over the next couple of weeks to get feedback from
members in relation to the employer’s response. The QNU point of view is it is not a very good offer at all. Rather
than close the wages gap between Baptist Care and public sector nurses, the proposed wage increases will see you
fall further behind. Baptist Care has also chosen to refuse all but one of our other claims. Please feel free to discuss
this response with Paul when he visits your site. If you are unable to attend you can contact him or Vonnie Semple
at the QNU office via email on pmitchell@qnu.org.au or vsemple@qnu.org.au to provide your feedback.
Other aged care area meetings
As well as specific meetings at your Baptist Care workplaces to discuss your enterprise agreement, you are also
invited to join QNU officials for a cup of coffee and to discuss recent developments in the aged care industry,
including
• the QNU Because We Care campaign
• the new modern award
• national registration and accreditation.
See below for details of when the meetings happen in your area.
Area When Time Where
Indooroopilly 28 July 10am
Gloria Jeans, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Kiosk 2, 322 Moggil
Road, Indooroopilly
Jindalee 28 July 2pm Gloria Jeans DFO, Shop F207, 16 Amazons Place, Jindalee
Loganholme 26 July 10am
Varsity Lakes 26 July 2pm
Mitchelton 4 August 10am
Strathpine 4 August 2pm
Carindale 6 August 10am
Gloria Jean’s Logan Hyperdome, Shop 67, Bryant Road,
Loganholme
Roberto’s Italian Restaurant & Bar, Shop B1, Market Square
Centre, Varsity Lakes
Gloria Jeans, Kiosk 9, Brookside Shopping Centre, 159 Osborne
Road, Mitchelton
Gloria Jeans, Shop 113, Westfield Strathpine, 295 Gympie Road,
Strathpine
Coffee Club, Level 2.7, Westfield Carindale, Cnr Creek & Old
Cleveland Rds, Carindale
Wynnum 6 August 2pm Wynnum RSL, 174 Tingal Road, Wynnum