MSAV + VPA +AHP News
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Rosemary Kelly (Executive Officer of the MSAV, VPA and AHP) attended a meeting of public sector union officials with the Treasurer (John Lenders) and the IR Minister (Martin Pakula) this morning (27 Mar 2009).
The government has announced a change in its wages policy in response to the “Global Economic Crisis”. From 4 May 2009 the wages policy will be 2.5% pa increase (down from 3.25% pa) with any increases above 2.5% to be based on ‘hard productivity’ which was defined as ‘money in the bank’. The good news is that the government is not seeking to claw back increases where agreements have been reached and heads of agreement have been signed off. That protects our 2007-2011 public sector agreement. We were also given assurances that there would not be an ‘overall’ reduction in the public sector workforce and that the ‘government was not in the business of making public sector workers redundant’. We understand that the government has briefed the media about the new policy in relation to the public sector wages. Members in the public sector will continue to receive the agreed increases arising out of the Heads of Agreement entered into by the Union and the Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association in June 2008, covering public hospitals, community health centres and Genetic Health.
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