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Ask Shaye – Affiliated Health Organisations
I work as a Registered Nurse for an Affiliated Health Organisation. I thought I was paid under the Public Health System Nurses’ and Midwives’ (State) Award, but I’ve been told that this is not correct and that I’m in the federal industrial relations system. Can you tell me what this means?
If you are employed by an Affiliated Health Organisation (AHO) you are in the federal industrial relations system.
However, AHOs are recognised as part of the New South Wales public health system and, as a result, the nurses and midwives they employ must as far as possible be remunerated in accordance with the Public Health System Nurses’ and Midwives (State) Award (the PHS Award).
The Association has negotiated an enterprise agreement with AHOs which is designed, to the extent possible, to mirror the PHS Award. It is worth remembering that if the PHS Award changes, those changes should flow on to nurses and midwives working for AHOs.