On this page you will find the Union’s Log of Claims along with relevant updates and information related to Public Sector Bargaining.
You will also find posters, leaflets and other documents you can download and distribute to colleagues and leave in tearooms.
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INFORMATION
Members will know that bargaining for a new Public Sector Enterprise Agreement commences this year (2025).
The Union has spent a lot of time gathering the feedback and input of members working in the Public Sector to prepare its Log of Claims. Through a series of surveys and member meetings, the Log of Claims picks up the key issues and concerns of members, and in particular the key issues to be addressed through bargaining.
Pay Rise:
A number of people have asked recently if we’re pursuing a pay increase in the same range as that delivered to nurses recently.
The answer is a resounding YES.
In the claim, there are two significant elements to the pay rise:
- an uplift in line with our Gender Equity case recently conducted in the Fair Work Commission. The outcome of this will be made public shortly (we don’t have an answer yet) but we have claimed between 23% and 36% and are very hopeful of a strong outcome. A strong result from this, in conjunction with a separate annual pay rise could get us to around the same amount.
- The claim for annual pay rises. The claim for an increase each year is an additional 5%.
Improved Allowances:
Improvements to shift arrangements, higher qualifications allowances and payments for working away from your usual base all figure.
Properly funded Professional Development:
We all know what a mess it has been claiming your rights to reimbursement for Professional Development expenses. Moving forward, we’re claiming a set amount for all workers covered by the Agreement.
Improvements to Leave:
There are a number of claims in this space – more flexible personal leave, better long service leave rates for part timers, more paid parental leave and access to reproductive health leave just to name a few.
Profession based Claims:
There are a lot of items in the claim that are designed to address specific issues for professions – whether that is your classification structure and restrictions on advancement, access to clinical supervision and education or additional staffing, there’s a bunch of things in there
Better Workplaces:
There are claims to tighten the workload provisions, crack down on the use of fixed-term employment, and better recognition of skills and experiences you might bring from elsewhere.
Download the Log of Claims here.
UPDATES
Update One
Members in Public Sector Health will know that we are commencing bargaining for a new Enterprise Agreement this year. And this week we began a series of member meetings to discuss the draft log of claims.
Our claim is now finalised and will be served on the Employers. A copy of the Log of Claims can be found on our website here.
A few key points for Public Sector members to know:
Pay Rise:
A number of people have asked recently if we’re pursuing a pay increase in the same range as that delivered to nurses recently.
The answer is a resounding YES.
In the claim, there are two significant elements to the pay rise:
- an uplift in line with our Gender Equity case recently conducted in the Fair Work Commission. The outcome of this will be made public shortly (we don’t have an answer yet) but we have claimed between 23% and 36% and are very hopeful of a strong outcome. A strong result from this, in conjunction with a separate annual pay rise could get us to around the same amount.
- The claim for annual pay rises. The claim for an increase each year is an additional 5%.
Improved Allowances:
Improvements to shift arrangements, higher qualifications allowances and payments for working away from your usual base all figure.
Properly funded Professional Development:
We all know what a mess it has been claiming your rights to reimbursement for Professional Development expenses. Moving forward, we’re claiming a set amount for all workers covered by the Agreement.
Improvements to Leave:
There are a number of claims in this space – more flexible personal leave, better long service leave rates for part timers, more paid parental leave and access to reproductive health leave just to name a few.
Profession based Claims:
There are a lot of items in the claim that are designed to address specific issues for professions – whether that is your classification structure and restrictions on advancement, access to clinical supervision and education or additional staffing, there’s a bunch of things in there
Better Workplaces:
There are claims to tighten the workload provisions, crack down on the use of fixed-term employment, and better recognition of skills and experiences you might bring from elsewhere.
Now the hard part begins in earnest. We begin bargaining with the employer representatives next week. It will be a tough fight but we’re ready for it and looking forward to a strong outcome.
To maximise our voice and collective strength in this year’s bargaining, there are number of things that you can do to help:
- Print and share the log of claims in your workplace
- Do you and your Union colleagues have union t-shirts yet? If not, contact us about receiving Union t-shirts for your workplace and we’ll send some out.
- Does your workplace have a Union Delegate?
- Delegates are the backbone of our Union
- If your workplace doesn’t have a Delegate, and you’re interested please contact us
- We have training running right now so it’s the perfect time to become a delegate
- There are 5 days paid Union training leave in the Agreement
We are officially launching our bargaining campaign after Easter so keep your eyes peeled about the launch details.
We will continue with member meetings to discuss the issues arising from bargaining, which will give us invaluable insight. Through these meetings we can keep you and your colleagues informed about the progress of negotiations, areas causing issues and how we will work through those claims that we are not going to back down from.
Our Union is definitely not backing down from seeing wages being increased, and we will not be accepting any offer that does not address the ongoing cost of living crisis and its impact on our members’ quality of life and capacity to cover living expenses. To be clear, we are aiming for a pay outcome consistent with the nurses.
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