But she said the DHB has a vacancy rate of less than 5 per cent for its 3200 nurses and said staff turnover had been significantly reduced since the country’s borders have been shut. However, New Zealand Nurses Organisation manager of industrial services Glenda Alexander said such workforce shortages are having an impact on nurses working in hospitals.
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Senior medical officer Richard Chen and his colleagues at the Jet Park quarantine facility have helped nearly every case of Covid-19 from the Auckland August cluster (first published October 2020). “That’s why we have members reporting that they are stressed and overwhelmed,” Alexander said.
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Press Release – New Zealand Nurses Organisation MEDIA RELEASE SUPPORTING UNITE UNION Unite congratulates Crowne Plaza Auckland, currently an MIQ facility, for making the move to paying their workers the living wage. The welcome increase will provide some relief to workers who are normally paid …
MEDIA RELEASE SUPPORTING UNITE UNION
Unite congratulates Crowne Plaza Auckland, currently an MIQ facility, for making the move to paying their workers the living wage. The welcome increase will provide some relief to workers who are normally paid just above the minimum wage despite doing crucial and risky work.
The hotel advised the increase would be effective as at 24 February, and would last for the duration of their contract with MBIE.
Unite congratulates Crowne Plaza Auckland, currently an MIQ facility, for making the move to paying their workers the living wage. The welcome increase will provide some relief to workers who are normally paid just above the minimum wage despite doing crucial and risky work.
The hotel advised the increase would be effective as at 24 February, and would last for the duration of their contract with MBIE.
Unite Union National Secretary John Crocker says Unite Union is pleased that Crowne Plaza Auckland is finally recognising staff’s hard work but says there are still hundreds of workers in MIQ facilities earning below the living wage.