Australian Nursing Federation v Bass Coast Regional Health
[2010] FWA 4160
•2 JUNE 2010
[2010] FWA 4160 |
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RECOMMENDATION |
Workplace Relations Act 1996
s.170LW - pre-reform Act - Application for settlement of dispute (certified agreement)
Australian Nursing Federation
v
Bass Coast Regional Health
(C2010/3676)
COMMISSIONER GOOLEY | MELBOURNE, 2 JUNE 2010 |
Alleged dispute concerning staffing and prescribed ratios.
[1] The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has notified Fair Work Australia of a dispute between it and Bass Coast Regional Health over the staffing levels in the Armitage House and Kirrak House Wards at the Aged Care Facility operated by Bass Coast Regional Health.
[2] The dispute resolution procedure at clause 11 of the Nurses (Victorian Public Sector) Multiple Employer Agreement 2004-2007 (the Agreement) provides that Fair Work Australia shall do everything that appears to be right and proper to assist the parties to the dispute to agree on terms for settlement of the dispute.
[3] Having heard from the parties I have decided to issue a recommendation in relation to the settlement of this dispute.
[4] Schedule C Part 11 of the Agreement sets the nurse patient ratios for the aged care facilities operated by Bass Coast Regional Health.
[5] I recommend that, to ensure compliance with the Agreement, the number of nursing staff on the AM and PM shifts, in both wards, be four plus an in-charge nurse. This means that seven eight hour shifts for a division 2 nurse must be added to the current roster for the PM shifts in both wards.
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