Category Archives: Issues and Challenges

New Series: Older workers, Technology and Stereotyping (Part 2)

Posted on February 3, 2012 by NU_admin
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Older Workers, Technology, and Stereotypes

Jacquie works as an educator at a NSW Hospital and chatted to us about mature workers, technology and stereotyping issues she has noticed in the public and private sector. What is the general feeling toward older mature nurses/midwives in your … Continue reading →

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New Series: Older workers, Technology and Stereotyping

Posted on January 19, 2012 by NU_admin

Perceived long-held stereotypes such as frailty, inflexibility and a fear of technology are pushing older workers towards premature retirement, research shows. In this blog we asked what you thought about stereotypes of older workers in the nursing profession and how they … Continue reading →

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Regulations are stunting Australia’s nursing workforce!

Posted on January 18, 2012 by NU_admin

The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) says the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia is deterring nurses and midwives from wanting to rejoin the workforce, with their $10,000 ‘refresher courses’. ANF federal secretary, Lee Thomas, said the courses would mean “nurses … Continue reading →

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Australian Government must act in wake of Fiji’s renewed clamp on human and labour rights

Posted on January 12, 2012 by NU_admin

The Australian Government must consider economic sanctions against Fiji’s military regime in the wake of new laws that place even greater restrictions on human rights in the island nation, say unions. ACTU President Ged Kearney said a new decree quietly … Continue reading →

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Stop planned cuts to facility space at the Alstonville Community Health Service

Posted on January 11, 2012 by NU_admin

The NSW Nurses Association has sought the urgent assistance of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission to stop planned cuts to facility space at the Alstonville Community Health Service. NSWNA members at the Alstonville Community Health Service, and its parent service … Continue reading →

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