❓ Mr. Ripper questions the government's refusal to grant a wage increase to health support workers, citing improved financial conditions and wage increases for other public sector employees. Mr. Marmion responds that the government has been negotiating and offering CPI increases and is disappointed the matter hasn't been resolved.
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HEALTH SUPPORT WORKERS — WAGE CLAIM
I refer to the government’s ongoing refusal to provide our health support workers with a $1.20 an hour wage increase. (1) What is the government’s wages policy and to whom in the public sector does it apply? (2) Will the minister review this policy given the big improvement in the state government’s financial position since the post global financial crisis context in which the policy was adopted? (3) Given that doctors have received a 12 per cent wage increase, health department bureaucrats earning more than $500 000 a year have pocketed an extra $15 000 and the government can afford to pay Sharyn O’Neill an extra $50 000 a year, why will the minister not agree to fair wages for low-paid hospital workers? Mr W.R. MARMION
I refer to the government’s ongoing refusal to provide our health support workers with a $1.20 an hour wage increase. (1) What is the government’s wages policy and to whom in the public sector does it apply? (2) Will the minister review this policy given the big improvement in the state government’s financial position since the post global financial crisis context in which the policy was adopted? (3) Given that doctors have received a 12 per cent wage increase, health department bureaucrats earning more than $500 000 a year have pocketed an extra $15 000 and the government can afford to pay Sharyn O’Neill an extra $50 000 a year, why will the minister not agree to fair wages for low-paid hospital workers? Mr W.R. MARMION
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I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
(1) What is the government’s wages policy and to whom in the public sector does it apply? (2) Will the minister review this policy given the big improvement in the state government’s financial position since the post global financial crisis context in which the policy was adopted? (3) Given that doctors have received a 12 per cent wage increase, health department bureaucrats earning more than $500 000 a year have pocketed an extra $15 000 and the government can afford to pay Sharyn O’Neill an extra $50 000 a year, why will the minister not agree to fair wages for low-paid hospital workers? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
(2) Will the minister review this policy given the big improvement in the state government’s financial position since the post global financial crisis context in which the policy was adopted? (3) Given that doctors have received a 12 per cent wage increase, health department bureaucrats earning more than $500 000 a year have pocketed an extra $15 000 and the government can afford to pay Sharyn O’Neill an extra $50 000 a year, why will the minister not agree to fair wages for low-paid hospital workers? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
(3) Given that doctors have received a 12 per cent wage increase, health department bureaucrats earning more than $500 000 a year have pocketed an extra $15 000 and the government can afford to pay Sharyn O’Neill an extra $50 000 a year, why will the minister not agree to fair wages for low-paid hospital workers? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
(1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
(1) What is the government’s wages policy and to whom in the public sector does it apply? (2) Will the minister review this policy given the big improvement in the state government’s financial position since the post global financial crisis context in which the policy was adopted? (3) Given that doctors have received a 12 per cent wage increase, health department bureaucrats earning more than $500 000 a year have pocketed an extra $15 000 and the government can afford to pay Sharyn O’Neill an extra $50 000 a year, why will the minister not agree to fair wages for low-paid hospital workers? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
(2) Will the minister review this policy given the big improvement in the state government’s financial position since the post global financial crisis context in which the policy was adopted? (3) Given that doctors have received a 12 per cent wage increase, health department bureaucrats earning more than $500 000 a year have pocketed an extra $15 000 and the government can afford to pay Sharyn O’Neill an extra $50 000 a year, why will the minister not agree to fair wages for low-paid hospital workers? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
(3) Given that doctors have received a 12 per cent wage increase, health department bureaucrats earning more than $500 000 a year have pocketed an extra $15 000 and the government can afford to pay Sharyn O’Neill an extra $50 000 a year, why will the minister not agree to fair wages for low-paid hospital workers? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. (1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
(1)–(3) This government has been negotiating this arrangement for months and months. Under the wages policy that we have in place, we are prepared to offer CPI increases for the next three years under all our agreements. We have offered these workers increases above the CPI. We are prepared to go to the wages price index for trade-off provisions. I am very pleased that the Department of Health has been working strongly to try to get resolution of this agreement. I am disappointed that it has not been resolved yet. It may have to go to arbitration.
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