Page 1632 - Week 05 - Thursday, 15 May 2014
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ACT Health, through enterprise agreement negotiations and, where appropriate, SEA, continues to ensure that we provide a competitive remuneration package to health professionals, including diagnostic staff. That includes taking account of our position relative to other jurisdictions, a situation which is continually under review.
Hospitals—salary costs
Ms Gallagher (in reply to a supplementary question by Ms Lawder on Tuesday, 13 May 2014): The AIHW report referred to by the honorable member provides data on average salary across a broad range of employees. There were no specific figures on allied health staff, as they were included in a broader category in the report which included diagnostic staff as well as laboratory technicians.
The ACT was not identified as providing the lowest average pay for any of the categories identified by the AIHW, and all of the staff included in the broader AIHW group are in line to receive a minimum pay increase of $2090 (a 3.16% increase on the AIHW’s average for the ACT) with effect from 1 July 2013, the day after the 30 June 2013 cutoff for the AIHW’s data.
The ACT Government, through enterprise agreement negotiations and, where appropriate, special employment arrangements, continues to ensure that we provide a competitive remuneration package to allied health staff, and that includes taking account of our position relative to other jurisdictions, a situation which is continually under review.
Negotiations on a new enterprise agreement, and reviews of special employment arrangements, are currently underway.
Hospitals—salary costs
Ms Gallagher (in reply to a supplementary question by Mr Hanson on Tuesday, 13 May 2014): AIHW Hospital statistics for 2012-2013 list the ACT as 4th of 8 jurisdictions in terms of average salary for the category of Domestic and other staff, above NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania, only $288 or 0.045% below the average across all jurisdictions.
All of the staff included in that group are in line to receive a minimum pay increase of $2090 (a 3.31% increase on the AIHW’s average for the ACT) with effect from 1 July 2013, the day after the 30 June 2013 cutoff for the AIHW’s data.
The ACT Government, through enterprise agreement negotiations and, where appropriate, special employment arrangements, continues to ensure that we provide a competitive remuneration package to its staff.
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