More Information

• View Proposed Agreement

  Please click here to view the proposed agreement

   

• What would NPAQ have fought for?

  The Government will be anxious regarding what we bring to the table. Here’s what we were taking to the table with the latest Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health and Department of Education and Training) Certified Agreement (EB11) 2022:

  • Increase to wages – 4% payable from 1 April 2022, 4% payable from 1 April 2023 and 3% payable from 1 April 2024
  • WE SAID 20% FOR FRONTLINE NURSES - FUNDED BY DECENTRALISING AND REDIRECTING FUNDS FROM A BLOATED BUREAUCRACY
  • Cost of living adjustment COLA one off lump sum payment equal to the difference between the CPI increase and the base wage (up to 3%) will be paid to all employees at the end of that year of the agreement
  • WE SAID IT SHOULD EQUAL INFLATION - THE PROPOSAL IS CAPPED AT 3%
  • Silence on Patient Ratios
  • WE WANT PATIENT RATIOS TO BE ENFORCED WITH PROPER SKILL MIXES
  • Back payment to 1 April 2022
  • WE WANT YOU BACK PAID COMPLETELY
  • No mention of meal breaks
  • WE WANT MEAL BREAKS ENFORCED - OR COMPENSATED WHEN MISSED
  • AND MORE!
  • If you'd like to read our original Log of Claims, please click here.

• How to Vote

  Queensland Health ¹

  GoVote, a voting & election service provider will be conducting the ballot for QH nurses and midwives.

  Voting channels:

  • Online
  • SMS; or
  • telephone

  You will receive an email from GoVote with voting instructions on Monday 31 October.  

  Hardcopy ballot papers will be posted to the few nurses and midwives who have not provided QH with an email address.

  Department of Education ²

  For DoE nurses, the ballot will be conducted by the voting & election service provider  CorpVote.

  Voting channels:

  • Online; or
  • telephone. 

  You will receive an email from CorpVote with instructions on how to vote on Thursday 27 October. 

  When to vote

  The ballot period starts on Monday 31 October (8am) and ends on Wednesday 9 November (5pm). You will be able to vote any time during this period.

  GoVote will provide Queensland Health nurses and midwives with all other details about the ballot process, including a unique 11 digit PIN. You can vote only once. 

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  1. This email will be sent to the email address you have recorded in myHR. If you have more than one email recorded in myHR, the instructions will be sent to both email addresses (ie: not just your preferred email address). If you receive two emails, you will still only be able to vote once, as you will only receive one PIN to vote.

  2. This email will be sent to the email address you have recorded with DoE.

  Please keep this email somewhere you can easily access it for when the ballot opens on Monday 31 October, as you will need the information within the email to cast your vote.

   

  Who can vote

  All nurses and midwives employed by QH and DoE are eligible to vote. This includes all permanent, temporary (on contract) and casual staff employed at the time of the ballot. It does not include agency staff who are not directly employed by QH or DoE.

  Do I have to vote

  Voting is not compulsory, however we strongly encourage you to exercise your right to vote. This is your agreement, which will determine your wages and conditions for the next three years - if you don’t vote, you will still have to live and work with the result decided by those who do. 

  How should I vote

  NPAQ strongly encourages you to fully inform yourself about every aspect of the proposed agreement before making your decision.

  You can do this by reading the agreement and the summary information available on this page or you can also call the member hotline on 1300 263 374 to discuss this if you have any questions or email hotline@npaq.com.au

  Ultimately this is your decision, but we believe that you deserve more.