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Welcome to the Medical Scientists Association of Victoria (MSAV) |
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the Victorian Psychologists Association Inc (VPA Inc) and the Association of Hospital Pharmacists (AHP) website. MSAV, VPA Inc and AHP are component Associations of the Health Services Union (HSU) Victoria No. 4 Branch. MSAV, VPA Inc and AHP are the only unions in Victoria which specifically look after the industrial interests of medical scientists (MSAV), psychologists (VPA Inc) and hospital pharmacists (AHP). This website is based on the Joomla! Content Management system which offers Web 2.0 interactive features such as forums, blogs, polls, FAQs, RSS feeds and the ability for registered users to upload content and links from any web browser anywhere. Financial members who register will also be able to access restricted areas of the website with extra menus and documents that appear when you are logged in. Documents, is where you will find Forms and most restricted documents such as Awards, Agreements and Wage rate sheets. Financial members can register to access restricted content by clicking Register near the bottom of the menu (on the left). Complete the registration form and click the Send Registration button. Approval will take up to 2 working days. |
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First Day of Fair Work Australia |
Howard’s Workplace Relations Act 1996 and WorkChoices Now History Today, 1 July 2009, the new legislation governing industrial relations in Australia, came into effect. The Fair Work Australia Act 2009 does much to abolish the pernicious aspects of WorkChoices and the former government’s Workplace Relations Act. There is still work to be done including the abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission which treat construction workers differently from all other workers in the application of coercive powers. Rights On Site The Fair Work Australia Act restores the rights of thousands of workers employed in businesses employing fewer than 100 people to take action against their employer for unfair dismissal. Restrictions remain for workers in business with fewer than 15 employees. The concept of bargaining in good faith has been introduced, which puts requirements on employers in relation to conduct when bargaining, such as meeting at reasonable times and providing information. Employers will no longer be able to refuse to bargain over enterprise agreements with employees who choose to be members of a union. In addition the federal government has legislated for robust minimum conditions of employment such as personal/sick leave, annual leave and other entitlements. These minimum conditions cannot be bargained away. They will have most practical effect for workers without strong unions like ours, and who are not covered by enterprise agreements, including women in low paid sectors of the economy and junior workers. |
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Public Sector Enterprise Agreement - Drafting Close to Completion |
We have almost completed the massive task of drafting the new public sector enterprise agreement, which combines the provisions of the public sector award, the 1997 agreements, the 2000 agreements, 2004 agreements and the 2008 Heads of Agreement. In addition, the provisions of the organizational change agreements between the Union and the major metropolitan health services have been included. Once the new agreement has been finalized, it will need to be made available to everyone covered by the agreement, and will need to be formally voted on. The agreement will then be lodged with Fair Work Australia. |
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Dorevitch Pathology and Gippsland Pathology |
A number of meetings across regional laboratories have been organised for next week, including laboratories in Gippsland, Ballarat and Bendigo. More details are available from Peter Gioulekas. We will be talking to members about a ballot to approve protected industrial action. |
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| To gauge the level of interest from members, we have set up a Twitter account. We will tweet interesting news. If you use Twitter (or are interested in doing so), go to http://search.twitter.com/ , search for MSAV_today and follow us. Please let us know what you think as far as usefulness and content are concerned. If there is sufficient interest we will put VPA and AHP on Twitter as well. |
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Do you pay your union fees by annual subscription? |
| Pay before 30 June 2009 & Claim the Deduction
For Your Union Membership Fees
in Your 2008-2009 Tax Return
Pay your 2009-2010 fees before 30 June 2009 online using BPay or by calling the office with your credit card details. We will not be able to take any credit card payments after 2.00 pm on Tuesday 30 June 2009. Payments after that date will have to be claimed in your 2009-2010 tax return. Prefer to pay by monthly direct debit payments?
Contact the office to arrange to pay by direct debit.
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Association of Hospital Pharmacists Committee - Call for Nominations |
The Committee of the AHP is made up of 6 members, each of whom is elected for 3 years. Two (2) committee members retire each year at the end of the 3 year term. Nominations are hereby called for two (2) vacancies on the Committee of the AHP, due to the expiration of the term of two Committee members. Note that the retiring members may re-nominate. The current members of the AHP Committee are: Victor Reginato (President)
Kent Garrett (Vice President)
Liam Carter (Treasurer)
Sue Melbourne (Secretary)
*Rodney White (Committee Member)
*Julie King (Committee Member)(appointed to fill a casual vacancy) Dr Rosemary Kelly (Executive Officer, Ex Officio) * retiring committee member Nomination forms may be downloaded from the website and are available from the AHP Offices – telephone 9623 9624. Completed nomination forms should be addressed to The Returning Officer, AHP. Box 98, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South 3053. |
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Victorian Psychologists Committee - Call for Nominations |
The Committee of the VPA consists of 6 members, each of whom is elected for 3 years. Two (2) committee members retire each year at the end of the 3 year term. Nominations are hereby called for three (3) vacancies on the Committee of the VPA, due to the expiration of the term of two Committee members and the resignation of another. Note that the retiring members may re-nominate. The current members of the VPA Committee are: *Dr Ruth Perkins (President)
Vacant (Vice President)
Stephen Edwards (Treasurer)
Dr Belinda Jude (Secretary)
Dr Patricia Miach Committee Member)
*Katerina Volney (Committee Member) Professor Warrick Brewer (Ex Officio)
Dr Rosemary Kelly (Executive Officer, Ex officio) * retiring committee member Nomination forms may be downloaded from the website and are available from the VPA Offices – telephone 9623 9635. Completed nomination forms should be addressed to The Returning Officer, VPA. Box 98, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South 3053. Thank You Lillith Collins
Lillith Collins will be retiring from practice as a psychologist, and is not standing again as a member of the VPA Committee. Lillith has forthrightly advocated for psychologists employed in the community sector and has been a wonderful contributor to the VPA Committee, most recently as Vice President. We thank Lillith and wish her well for the future. |
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Union Shopper Motor Mart $1000 Prize Draw |
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Removal of Deputy Dietitian Role Cabrini Health |
In 2004 EBA round Cabrini Health agreed to appoint a grade 3 Deputy Chief Dietitian. Cabrini now say they are no longer bound by that agreement and have elected to remove the deputy role, based on budget considerations. MSAV members are angry that Cabrini is going back on its word and believe that budget cuts could be achieved without trashing the career path for dietitians. For backfill of the Chief role (for annual leave, etc) Cabrini proposes that grade 2 dietitians leap from their lower level roles to become the manager of the multi campus nutrition service at Grade 4B level. This is unacceptable and the matter is now going through the dispute procedure. Members have indicated that if asked to act up for the manager they will refuse. The union has sought to meet with the CEO to discuss members concerns: this request has been refused by the CEO. A proposal to redeploy the current Deputy into a grade 3 maternity leave replacement position has been made. This is also unacceptable; because (a) it is part-time and (b) it would not be ongoing (c) it would confirm the loss of the Deputy position. Members considering applying for the maternity leave position should contact Heidi Brown at the MSAV office. WATCH THIS SPACE |
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Melbourne Health Breaches Award/EBA in Relation to the Definition of P4 Psychologist |
The VPA has written to Melbourne Health about changes MH has made to the P4 position description that now allows a psychologist with less than 5 years post registration experience to be appointed as a P4. In the view of the union this breaches award/EBA requirements. It is particularly problematic where a P4 is in charge of higher qualified P3s, and is unable to supervise other psychologists for the purpose of APS clinical college membership, and lacks the mandatory experience under the requirements of the Psychologists’ Registration Board to supervise students. This effectively means that such a person would not be able to fulfil all the duties of a P4. We are seeking to meet with MH to have this action reversed. |
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