https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/nurses-reject-dhbs-pay-offer-carrot-of-pay-equity-talks-not-enough/ New Zealand's independent nursing series Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:16:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/nurses-reject-dhbs-pay-offer-carrot-of-pay-equity-talks-not-enough/#comment-788 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 21:53:28 +0000 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/?p=4291#comment-788 There has been little discussion of long service leave – in Australia nurses are awarded 12 weeks LSL every 10 years; in comparison we receive 1 week every 5 years…more solidarity will help our cause!

]]> https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/nurses-reject-dhbs-pay-offer-carrot-of-pay-equity-talks-not-enough/#comment-783 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 23:46:59 +0000 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/?p=4291#comment-783 Having just returned home from living and working in Queensland for the last 16 years in a variety of roles I have found the wages here so discriminatory and totally unfair when the work and standards are just the same in both countries. The difference is Aussie nurses don’t tolerate it and the union is strong and vocal.

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