This page is designed to give you information on the enterprise agreements for our nurses and midwives, including the:
- Initiation of Bargaining to replace the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector)(Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024
- Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Health Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024
- Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2020 -2024
Updates about the progress of bargaining for both enterprise agreements are included below.
Initiation of Bargaining to replace the Nurses and Midwives Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024
Western Health gives notice that it is bargaining in relation to a single-interest employer agreement, the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector)(Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2024 – 2028 which is proposed to cover employees that are currently covered by the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector)(Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020 – 2024.
What is a single-interest employer agreement
A single interest employer agreement is a type of multi-enterprise agreement that allows two (2) or more employers (that are certain franchisees or with common interests) to be covered by the same agreement.
You have a right to be represented
You have the right to be represented in bargaining for the agreement, including by an employee organisation (i.e. union) or by another bargaining representative of your choice.
If you are a member of a union that is entitled to represent your industrial interests in relation to the work to be performed under the agreement, your union will be your bargaining representative for the agreement unless you appoint another person as your representative.
You can do this by notifying that person in writing that you appoint them as your bargaining representative.
You can also appoint yourself as a bargaining representative. In either case you must give a copy of the appointment to your employer.
If you have questions about this Notice
If you have any questions about this Notice or about enterprise bargaining, please speak to your employer or bargaining representative, or contact the Fair Work Ombudsman or the Fair Work Commission.
Nurses and Midwives Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024
On Wednesday 16 February 2022 the Fair Work Commission approved the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Health Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024.
The Agreement came into effect on 23 February 2022, and all elements have been implemented at Western Health. The implementation process included regular meetings of our Workplace Implementation Committee, which has representation from both Western Health and ANMF.
Our nurses and midwives have been kept informed of any changes that affected them directly as we went through the implementation process.
Managers have been briefed on the requirements of the Agreement, and briefing overviews are available in the Related Information (right).
Mental Health Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024 (including Mental Health nurses)
The Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2020 -2024 was approved on 17 June 2022.
The Agreement came into operation on 24 June 2022. As Western Health became a designated mental health service on 1 July 2023, we will be working to ensure that all elements of the enterprise agreement have been or are implemented via our Workplace Implementation Committees, which will have representation from Western Health, ANMF and HACSU.
Our mental health nurses will be kept informed of any changes that affected them directly as we go through the implementation process.
The Agreement and rates of pay are available in the Related Information (right).