Dear Member,

After months of bargaining Aurora HealthCare has now provided its final offer in response to your enterprise agreement log of claims, including a new wage increase offer.

Aurora HealthCare has proposed the following wage offer:

• 2024: 2.75 per cent increase (backdated to first full pay period in July 2024)

• 2025: Split wage increase:

1. March 2025: 0.25 per cent increase
2. September 2025: 2.75 per cent increase

• 2026: Split wage increase:

1. March 2026: 0.25 per cent increase
2. September 2026: 2.75 per cent increase

Aurora has also agreed to several positive improvements from your claims, including:

• Ten days’ special leave incorporating natural disasters
• Increased compassionate leave from three days to four
• Superannuation paid on Parental Leave
• Increased Union Representative Leave (as per legislative change)
• Mandatory Training: now included in E-Learning clause and to be paid hour for hour
• Overtime payment to apply to any work done outside of rostered hours, including meal breaks
• Vicarious trauma training (incorporated into internal training)
• Review of hours of work from (per week) 12 days to 10 days
• HSU participation in orientation of new employees
• Workload management clause review: Aurora has adopted the HSU clause, with permanent time allocated in roster for clinical notes and documentation for health professionals.

You can view the full breakdown from Aurora HERE.

While that list includes some positive improvements, it’s up to you to decide if you consider Aurora’s total offer good enough.

If you have any questions or comments about the offer, please contact Eileen McEvoy on 0419 438 687 or email [E-Mail not displayed] with subject title NSW ACT Aurora HPSS.

Aurora has indicated the vote timeline will be:

• Access period opens: Tuesday, 22 October 

• Voting open/closes: Wednesday, 30 October at 8am – Tuesday, 5 November at 3pm.

• Results announced: by Wednesday, 6 November.

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