NSW Government and NSW Nurses and Midwives’ | Australian Markets

The NSW Government has made an offer in response to the NSW Nurses and Midwives request for a historic increase to nighttime shift penalties, in addition to enhancements to the working situations of nurses and midwives.

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association will take the proposal to their eightieth Annual Conference this week, adopted by a vote on the offer from their members.

The offer would see night time shift penalties elevated to twenty per cent, on par with what some of the best paid nurses in Australia obtain. Nurses and midwives have been campaigning for many years, throughout a number of governments, to increase this loading in NSW.

Nurses and midwives may also see enhancements to their working situations and work-life steadiness, together with:

•Two consecutive days off
•No night time shifts earlier than annual depart until requested
•No adjustments on revealed roster with out session

Nurses and midwives would obtain a 3.5 per cent interim pay increase (together with the latest 0.5% increase to super) back paid to July 1 2025, whereas the Industrial Relations Commission considers the rest of their particular case for gender equity and different enhancements to salaries.

The NSW Minns Government acknowledges considerations about gendered undervaluation of work and was proud to have legislated in May to improve the gender equity goals beneath the Industrial Relations Act, which the Industrial Relations Commission might be required to think about.

Nurses and midwives deserve a means for his or her wages to be set independently, after 12 years of the Liberal-National’s unfair wages cap.

While the IRC determines this, the Minns Government nonetheless needs to recognise nurses and midwives with motion in pay and situations now.

This enchancment to nighttime shift loadings and interim pay rise follows an 8 per cent increase to pay (together with a 1% increase to super) for nurses over the primary two years of the Minns Labor Government.

The interim offer varieties half of the NSW Government’s complete plan to ship the long-term restore of healthcare throughout NSW.

Quotes attributable to Treasurer Daniel Mookhey:

“The offer on night time shift penalties and enhancements to working situations is an important step in the direction of the long-term restore of healthcare throughout NSW.

“We now look forward to the independent umpire delivering a wages agreement for nurses and midwives, after 12 years of the Coalition’s unfair wages cap.”

Quotes attributable to Minister for Health Ryan Park:

“After 12 years of neglect and a lack of investment in our health system, the NSW Government is rebuilding necessities service by investing within the staff that ship them.

“As a show of good religion, we’re offering one other interim pay increase of 3 per cent and boosting the night time shift penalty fee for our hard-working nurses and midwives throughout NSW.

“We look forward to having the remaining wage claims being resolved through the Industrial Relations Commission process.”

Quotes attributable to Minister for Industrial Relations Sophie Cotsis:

“This offer is long overdue recognition for nurses and midwives who’ve been campaigning for a long time. We are proud to help those that look after our communities day and night time.

“The Minns Labor Government continues the work of rebuilding the state’s important companies and reforming the commercial relations system.

“That work started with the scrapping of the Coalition’s wages cap which was in place for 12 years, introducing a fairer, fashionable bargaining framework, setting up an Industrial courtroom and amending the Industrial Relations Act to incorporate a new Object to attain gender equality within the office

“Our offer to a historic increase in night shift penalties and improved working conditions for nurses and midwives reflects our commitment to valuing frontline workers.”

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