Payroll bungle: Retired nurse sued over long service pay

A retired nurse, who worked in public hospitals for almost 50 years, is being sued by Queensland Health over a miscalculated long-service leave payment they admit was a “system error”.

DAN KNOWLES, PETER GLEESON, Exclusive, The Courier-Mail  September 29, 2019 

THE State Government is suing a retired intensive care nurse for $40,000 in bungled long service leave payments despite Queensland Health admitting the mistake was a result of its own “system error”.

Following a breaking story by Courier Mail reporter Des Houghton where nurses’ lives were placed in jeopardy from potentially fatal needle stick injury and threatening behaviour from a patient’s partner, the Nurses Professional Association of Queensland (NPAQ) calls for a complete management overhaul at Townsville HHS. 

We surveyed our members about the proposed name change of Lady Cilento Children's Hospital. These were the results:

The unpaid wages scandal at St Vincent's hospital is continuing with new revelations thousands of staff have been incorrectly paid. @anniepullar #9News

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A SCATHING 158 page report is alleging St Vincent's Private Hospital potentially owes millions in unpaid wages to its staff, it can be revealed.

The Chronicle has obtained access to the huge document, which makes a number of controversial claims about practices at St Vincent's including allegations employees were "gagged" before being given what they were owed, denied requests for records of their employment and that senior management used "bullying tactics" on those who spoke up.

The report made a number of claims denied by the hospital. 

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NPAQ's recent win for unpaid nurses has hit the news, we are thrilled that we got our members back pay and it's quite ironic that our actions and not the QNMU's got millions of dollars in backpay for QNMU members also. It's a win-win for QLD nurses.  

If you have concerns about underpayment contact us for a complimentary assessment and advice.

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UnitingCare Health and QNMU cosy up to prevent Nurses having a voice.

The QNMU have announced today that that will spend roughly $20,000 of nurse member money engaging two barristers and a senior lawyer in their bid to ensure a group of nurses don't have a say during enterprise bargaining negotiations...

View letter sent to QNMU regarding UnitingCare Health bargaining below.

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