Public Hospital Nurses (State) Award (No. 4) Re [2003] NSWIRComm 442

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Public Hospital Nurses (State) Award (No. 4) Re [2003] NSWIRComm 442 APPLICANT New South Wales Nurses' Association

PARTIES : RESPONDENT Health Administration Corporation

INTERVENOR: Minister for Industrial Relations FILE NUMBER: IRC 6802 of 2001 CORAM: Wright J President; Boland J; Patterson C CATCHWORDS : Award - Wage fixation - Application for increased rates of pay - Public hospital nurses and assistants in nursing - Work value - Special case - Pay equity for assistants in nursing - Reasonable workloads - Retention allowance - Qualification allowances - Environment allowance - Recruitment and retention of nurses - Rates of pay increased - New award made Aged Care Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Children And Young Persons (Care And Protection) Act 1998 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) Australian Nursing Federation v Aaron Private Nursing Home and others (unreported, Full Bench of AIRC Print S2652, 28 January 2000) Health and Community Employees Psychologists (State) Award Re (2001) 109 IR 458 Medical Officers - Hospital Specialists (State) Award Re (1990) 33 IR 79 Nurses (Queensland Health) - Section 170 MX Award 2003 Re (unreported, Full Bench of AIRC, Print PR 932194) Public Hospital Nurses (State) Award Re (unreported, Wells SCC, 22 July 1986 [Ministerial Reference Case]) Public Hospital Nurses (State) Award (No 2), (2002) 118 IR 336 CASES CITED : Public Hospital Nurses (State) Award, Re (2002) 115 IR 183 Public Hospital Nurses (State) Award, Re (No 2) (2002) 118 IR 336 Public Hospital Nurses (State) Award, Re (No 3) (2002) 121 IR 28 Public Hospital Nurses (State) Award, Re (unreported, 1 August 1990, Cahill VP, Sweeney and Hill JJ) Public Hospital Nurses (State) Award, Re (unreported, Cahill VP, Bauer J, Shiels CC 10 July 1989 [Professional Rates Case]) Queensland Department of Health and Mater Misericordiae Health Service Brisbane Ltd v ANF (Print PR 931289, Full Bench of AIRC, 16 May 2003) State Wage Case 2003 (2003) 121 IR 446 The TAFE Case (unreported, Full Bench of the Industrial Commission of New South Wales, Matter Nos 515, 566 and 1619 of 1989, 7 August 1991) HEARING DATES: 06/11/2002; 06/12/2002; 06/13/2002; 06/14/2002; 07/22/2002; 07/23/2002; 07/24/2002; 07/25/2002; 07/26/2002; 07/29/2002; 08/01/2002; 08/02/2002; 08/05/2002; 08/06/2002; 08/07/2002; 08/08/2002; 08/09/2002; 09/12/2002; 09/13/2002; 09/16/2002; 09/17/2002; 09/18/2002; 09/19/2002; 09/20/2002; 09/30/2002; 10/01/2002; 10/02/2002; 10/03/2002; 10/04/2002; 10/08/2002; 10/09/2002; 10/10/2002; 10/21/2002; 11/07/2002; 11/12/2002; 02/06/2003; 03/06/2003; 03/12/2003; 04/09/2003; 06/25/2003; 06/26/2003; 07/21/2003; 07/23/2003; 07/24/2003; 07/25/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/11/2003