NSW Caselaw
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
CITATION: Director General, NSW Department of Health v New South Wales Nurses Association [2010] NSWIRComm 160
PARTIES: Director General, NSW Department of Health (Notifier) New South Wales Nurses Association (Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 1330 of 2010
CORAM: Boland J President
CATCHWORDS: INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE - Public health system - Nurses - Plan by Nurses Association to hold stoppage of work of all nurses and midwives in protest at employer's refusal to meet the Association's claims for improved wages and working conditions including a refusal to meet demand for a fixed nurse/patient ratio - Stoppage would cause significant disruption and inconvenience to public hospital system - Would cause elective surgery for 900 patients to be cancelled - Commission offered to deal with dispute expeditiously commencing with early conciliation - Expedition subject to stoppage being cancelled - Strong recommendation that stoppage be cancelled - Parties to report on response to Recommendation
LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 130
HEARING DATES: 18 November 2010
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 18 November 2010
Mr I Taylor of counsel with Ms A Owens (Notifier) LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Ms C M Howell of counsel with Ms R Kassis and Ms L McDonald (Respondent)
JUDGMENT:
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
CORAM: BOLAND J, President
Thursday 18 November 2010
Matter No IRC 1330 of 2010
DIRECTOR GENERAL, NSW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH v NEW SOUTH WALES NURSES ASSOCIATION
Notification of an industrial dispute by the Director General, NSW Department of Health relating to proposed industrial action by nurses
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