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Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 12:07 pm
MERAS has this week filed in the Employment Relations
Authority (ERA) over the DHBs’ decision to unilaterally
exclude general practitioners as a potential comparator in
the process to resolve the union’s pay equity
claim.
MERAS Co-leader (Industrial) Jill Ovens, says
they believe the DHBs’ action of unilaterally vetoing
which occupations can be considered as potential comparators
has breached the Terms of Reference agreed with the
DHBs.
“The Terms of Reference agreed on March 18,
2019, quite clearly state that where there was disagreement,
mediation and negotiation would take place. With regards to
considering GPs as comparators, this has not happened. We
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It s an opinion backed up by Jill Ovens, from the Midwives Union. We think there should be more financial support for midwives in training, that s a start, she told The Project.
She says the midwives who are working are so burnt out they get upset and leave shifts crying because they can t provide the level of care they know they re capable of. These are professional well-trained women who want to provide the best standard of care - they can t do that if they re so short-staffed.
Watch the full interview above.
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