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AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

Workplace Relations Act 1996

s.113 application for variation

s.108 Reference to Full Bench

Australian Red Cross Society WA Division & Ors

(C No. 60081 of 1997)

Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996

Item 51 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 review of award

(C No. 00562 of 1998)

NURSES' (ANF - WA PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND

NURSING HOMES) CONSOLIDATED AWARD 1991

(ODN C No. 00606 of 1983)

[Print L3073 [N0135]]

Nurses

Health and welfare services

   

JUSTICE GIUDICE, PRESIDENT

  

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT MARSH

  

COMMISSIONER LAING

SYDNEY, 22 SEPTEMBER 1999

Award simplification.

DECISION

[1] A s.113 application to vary the Nurses' (ANF - WA Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes) Consolidated Award 1991 (the award) has been dealt with concurrently with an Item 51 (formerly Item 49) review of the award pursuant to the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 (the WROLA Act). The review of the award was referred to the Full Bench as currently constituted following the handing down of the Award Simplification Decision [Print P7500]. The review has been primarily conducted by way of conferences convened by the Commission. Formal proceedings were heard by Commissioner Laing and a report provided to the Full Bench together with a proposed consent award.

[2] We have examined the material before us and subject to some comments made shortly we are satisfied that the terms of the proposed award meet the requirements of Workplace Relations Act 1996 (the Act) and the WROLA Act and are consistent with the proper application of the Award Simplification Principles [Print P7500 pp. 31-33].

[3] An examination of the proposed draft award has been made against the statutory requirements and relevant Full Bench authority. The following provisions have been modified to ensure conformity with those requirements - clauses 8.4, 12.15, 13.2, 19, 23.3.1, 23.3.2, 31.10 and 34.

[4] In addition clauses 22.41 and 22.5 have been reformatted to make explicit the intent of the Full Bench Paid Rates Review Decision [Print Q7661] namely that increments are only permitted in awards where progression through the classification structure is based on work value considerations.

[5] A copy of a draft order is attached to this decision for the parties' consideration. An order in the terms of the attached draft will be issued on 1 October 1999 unless any party indicates its intention to put further submissions prior to that date.

BY THE COMMISSION:

PRESIDENT

Appearances:

A. Dzieciol, N. Blake and M. Keogh for the Australian Nursing Federation.

J. Blackburn and M. Kuhne for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia on behalf of respondent members.

L.H. Pilgrim for the Nursing Homes and Extended Care Association of Western Australia

(Incorporated) and named respondents.

J. Beedham and B. Walker for the National Association of Nursing Homes and Private Hospitals.

Hearing details:

1998.

Sydney:

February 5 (Marsh SDP)

May 14 (Marsh SDP)

June 17 (Laing C)

October 15 (Marsh SDP)

November 24 (Marsh SDP)

Perth:

December 22 (Laing C)

1999.

Perth:

February 15 (Laing C)

March 3 (Laing C)

April 29 (Laing C)

May 31 (Laing C)

Decision Summary

   

Award - review of award - award simplification - allowable matters - s89A Workplace Relations Act 1996 - Item 51 Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 - full bench - nurses, health and welfare services- satisfied terms of proposed award meet legislative requirements and are consistent with Award Simplification Principles [Print R7500] - clauses 8.4, 12.15, 13.2, 19, 23.3.1, 23.3.2, 31.10 and 34 modified - clauses 22.41 and 22.5 reformatted to make explicit intent of Paid Rates Review Decision [Print Q7661] - draft order attached - order to be issued on 1 October 1999 unless any party puts forward further submissions.

Re: Australian Red Cross Society WA Division & Ors.

C No 60081 of 1997

Print R9289

Giudice J

Marsh SDP

Laing C

Sydney

22 September 1999

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N0135 Con P Print R8729

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

Workplace Relations Act 1996

s.113 application for variation

s.108 Reference to Full Bench

Australian Red Cross Society WA Division & Ors

(C No. 60081 of 1997)

Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996

Item 51 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 review of award

(C No. 00562 of 1998)

NURSES' (ANF - WA PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND

NURSING HOMES) CONSOLIDATED AWARD 1991

(ODN C No. 00606 of 1983)

[Print L3073 [N0135]]

Nurses

Health and welfare services

   

JUSTICE GIUDICE, PRESIDENT

  

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT MARSH

  

COMMISSIONER LAING

MELBOURNE, ** 1999

Award simplification.

DRAFT ORDER

A. The above award is varied as follows:

By deleting all clauses, schedules and appendices and inserting the following:

1. AWARD TITLE

This award shall be known as the Nurses' (ANF - WA Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes) Award 1999.

2. ARRANGEMENT

This award is arranged as follows:

1. Award title

2. Arrangement

3. Incidence and application

4. Supersession and savings

5. Date and period of operation

6. Definitions

7. Hours

8. Overtime

9. Annual leave

10. Public holidays

11. Personal leave

12. Notice of termination

13. Laundry and uniform allowance

14. Rosters

15. Meal and meal hours

16. On-call

17. Part-time employees

18. Casual employees

19. Long service leave

20. Award not to affect present wages and privileges

21. Higher duties

22. Wages

23. Location allowance

24. Fares and motor vehicle allowances

25. Shift work

26. Calculation of penalties

27. Parental leave

28. Payment of wages

29. Compaction of leave

30. Enterprise flexibility

31. Redundancy

32. Superannuation

33. Anti-discrimination

34. Dispute settlement

Schedule A

Respondents

3. INCIDENCE AND APPLICATION

This award shall be binding upon the Federation and its members and the respondents listed in Schedule A in respect of registered nurses employed by the respondents in the State of Western Australia.

4. SUPERSESSION AND SAVINGS

This award supersedes the Nurses (ANF - WA Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes) Award 1991 provided that no right, obligation or liability accrued under such award shall be affected by the supersession in respect of allowable matters.

5. DATE AND PERIOD OF OPERATION

This award shall come into force from ** 1999 and shall remain in force for a period of 12 months.

6. DEFINITIONS

6.1 Area Manager Level 2 means a nurse who is responsible for management of a specific ward, department or floor of the hospital.

6.2 Casual employee means an employee engaged with no guarantee of continual or additional employment.

6.3 Clinical Instructor Level 2 means a nurse who is responsible in a full-time capacity for the practical instruction of student nurses and enrolled nurses.

6.4 Clinical Nurse Level 2 means a nurse who is responsible for direct patient care of a specific caseload and clinical supervision of nurses at Level 1.

6.5 Clinical Nurse Specialist Level 3 means a nurse who may be responsible for direct patient care of a specific caseload, and who provides advice/resources for nursing practice to nurses in addition to the clinical supervision of nurses in a specified ward, department or floor of the hospital.

6.6 Co-ordinator Clinical Nursing Level 4 means a nurse who is responsible for the overall planning, organising, implementation and evaluation of nursing practice.

6.7 Co-ordinator Nursing Management Level 4 means a nurse with responsibility for the appointment, deployment, retention, promotion or dismissal of nursing personnel, as well as the staffing budget allocation of the hospital.

6.8 Co-ordinator Nursing Research Level 4 means a nurse who has overall responsibility for the planning, implementation and personnel and budgetary management of nursing research programmes.

6.9 Co-ordinator Nursing Staff Development/Education Level 4 means a nurse who is responsible for the overall planning, personnel and budgetary management of an in-service education programme and the education division within a hospital.

6.10 Continuous Shift Employee means an employee who is required to work ordinary hours of duty in accordance with a roster where the employee is rostered for duty over seven days of the week, and is required to work and works regularly on every day of the week, including public holidays and Sundays.

6.11 Director of Nursing Level 5 means a registered nurse with overall responsibility for clinical nursing, and nursing management, and where applicable nursing education and/or research.

6.12 Full time employee means an employee engaged to work an average of 38 ordinary hours a week in accordance with clause 7 - Hours.

6.13 Nurse means a person who is registered or entitled to be registered in Western Australia under the Nurses Act 1992.

6.14 Nurse Educator Level 3 means a nurse appointed as such holding a Diploma of Nursing Education or a qualification acceptable to the employer who is engaged full-time in the education of student nurses and/or enrolled nurses.

6.15 Nurse Manager Level 3 means a nurse responsible for overall management (budgetary and personnel) of a specified department or area of the hospital.

6.16 Nursing Researcher Level 3 means a nurse who in collaboration with the Co-ordinator of Nursing Research has responsibility for the planning, implementation and evaluation of research as well as the direction and supervision of research nurses.

6.17 Ordinary rate means the base classification rate excluding shift and weekend penalties.

6.18 Part-time employee means an employee regularly employed to work less hours than those prescribed for a full-time employee.

6.19 Research Nurse Level 2 means a nurse who is responsible for the preparation and implementation of research proposals and assists in the compilation and interpretation of results.

6.20 Staff Development Educator Level 3 means a nurse who in collaboration with the Co-ordinator Nursing Staff Development/Education Level 4 is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating in-service education basic or post basic educational programmes, as well as the direction and supervision of Staff Development Nurses and Clinical Teachers.

6.21 Staff Development Nurse Level 2 means a nurse who in collaboration with his/her supervisor is responsible for implementing and evaluating in-service education as prescribed to a specified clinical area.

6.22 The Federation and the Union mean the Australian Nursing Federation or where the context so admits, the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Nursing Federation.

7. HOURS

7.1 Ordinary hours

7.1.1 76 in a fortnight; or

7.1.2 by agreement between the employer and the majority of employees concerned, 152 in a four week cycle.

7.2 A system of accrued time off, in accordance with 7.6 of this clause, may operate by agreement between the employer and employee(s) concerned.

7.2.1 Where a system of accrued time off is in operation, the actual number of ordinary hours worked shall not exceed 160 in a four week cycle.

7.3 Ordinary hours shall not be worked on more than 10 days in a fortnight or, where a four week cycle is in operation, 20 days in a four week cycle.

7.4 A shift shall not exceed 10 ordinary hours.

7.5 A minimum of two days off duty in each fortnight, or, where a four week cycle is in operation, four days in each four week cycle, shall be taken in a block, or blocks, of two or more days unless otherwise agreed between the employer and employee.

7.6 Accrued time off

7.6.1 Accrual

7.6.2 Ordinary rate

7.6.3 Taking of accrued time off

7.6.4 Cashing in and payment on termination

7.7 Break between shifts

7.7.1 An employee shall be allowed at least nine and one half hours break between rostered shifts.

7.7.2 An employee changing from night to day shift or from day to night shift shall not be rostered on duty during the twenty hours immediately preceding the changed shift.

7.7.3 The employer and the employee may agree to vary the provisions of this subclause.

7.8 Registered Nurses Levels 4 and 5

8. OVERTIME

8.1 All time worked in excess of the limits prescribed in subclauses 7.1 to 7.4 of clause 7 - Hours shall be deemed overtime and paid for as hereunder:

8.1.1 Time and one half for the first 3 hours on any day Monday to Saturday, both inclusive, and double time thereafter.

8.1.2 Double time on a Sunday.

8.1.3 Double time for all overtime worked consecutively with a rostered shift on a Saturday, or public holiday as prescribed in clause 10 - Public holidays of this award.

8.2 Time off in lieu

8.3 Make up time

8.4 Meal allowance

8.5 Less than 15 minutes overtime for a week or 30 minutes overtime for a fortnight shall not be paid for.

8.6 An employee recalled for duty outside her or his normal working hours shall be paid a minimum of 3 hours pay and in addition thereto, all reasonable expenses incurred in returning to duty.

8.7 When overtime work is necessary it shall, wherever reasonably practicable be arranged so that employees have at least eight consecutive hours off duty between the work of successive days.

8.7.1 An employee who works so much overtime between the termination of her/his ordinary work on one day and the commencement of her/his ordinary work on the next day that she/he has not had at least eight consecutive hours off duty shall, subject to this subclause be released after completion of such overtime until she/he has had eight consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.

8.7.2 Where an employee whose next rostered shift is day duty is required to work overtime extending beyond midnight or commencing after midnight, that employee shall, subject to 8.7.3 be released from the requirement to present for day duty without loss of ordinary wages until a period of eight consecutive hours has elapsed.

8.7.3 If, on the instruction of her/his employer, such an employee resumes or continues work without having had eight consecutive hours off duty, she/he shall be paid at double rates until released from duty for such period and she/he shall then be entitled to be absent until she/he has had eight consecutive hours off duty without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.

8.8 The provisions of this clause shall not apply to any registered nurse level 4 or 5.

9. ANNUAL LEAVE

9.1 Quantum

9.1.1 Each employee shall be entitled to four weeks annual leave after each year of continuous service.

9.1.2 Annual leave shall accrue at the rate of 0.0767 hours of annual leave for each ordinary hour worked.

9.1.3 Any time in respect of which an employee is absent from work except paid sick leave, the first three months of unpaid sick leave, the first month of workers' compensation leave, long service leave and bereavement leave, shall not count in accruing annual leave.

9.2 A continuous shift employee (as defined) who performs duty on seven or more Sundays in any qualifying year shall be granted additional leave at the following rate:

9.3 Rate of pay

9.3.1 The employee shall be paid for any period of annual leave prescribed in this clause at the ordinary rate of wage the employee has received for the greatest proportion of the calendar month prior to her/his taking the leave, and, in the case of rostered employees, that rate of wage shall include the shift and weekend penalties the employee would have received had the employee not proceeded on annual leave.

9.3.2 Where it is not possible to calculate the shift and weekend penalties the rostered employee would have received, the employee shall be paid at the rate of the average of such payments made each week over the four weeks prior to taking the leave.

9.3.3 No employee when proceeding on annual leave shall be paid less than the sum of the following amounts for each week:

9.4 Time of payment

9.5 Taking leave

9.6 The annual leave prescribed by this clause may be given and taken before the completion of twelve months' continuous service as prescribed by 9.1 hereof.

9.6.1 If the services of an employee terminate and the employee has taken a period of leave in accordance with this subclause and if the period of leave so taken exceeds that which would become due pursuant to 9.9 hereof the employee shall be liable to pay the amount representing the difference between the amount received by her/him for the period of leave taken in accordance with this subclause and the amount which would have accrued in accordance with 9.9 hereof. The employer may deduct this amount from monies due to the employee by reason of the other provisions of this award at the time of termination.

9.7 Each employee shall be given at least fourteen days' notice of the actual commencing date of her/his leave.

9.8 Leave shall be given as soon as practicable after falling due. The leave of a nurse shall not accumulate except with the consent of the nurse and in no case shall it accumulate for more than two years.

9.9 Annual leave on termination

9.9.1 If after one month's continuous service in any qualifying twelve monthly period an employee lawfully terminates her/his service or her/his employment is lawfully terminated by the employer through no fault of the employee, the employee shall be paid:

9.9.2 In respect of such leave the 17.5% loading will not apply.

9.9.3 In addition to any payment to which she/he may be entitled under this subclause an employee whose employment terminates after she/he has completed a twelve months qualifying period and who has not been allowed the leave prescribed under this award in respect of that qualifying period shall be given payment in lieu of that leave unless she/he has been justifiably dismissed for misconduct and the misconduct for which she/he has been dismissed occurred prior to the completion of that qualifying period.

10. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

10.1 For the purposes of this clause the following days, or the days observed in lieu of those days, shall be observed as public holidays without deduction of pay:

10.2 An employee, other than a registered nurse level 4 or 5, who works on a public holiday named herein shall at the option of the employer be entitled to one of the following:

10.2.1 double time and a half for the actual time worked on the holiday; or

10.2.2 time and a half for the actual time worked with an equivalent period of time off, paid at the ordinary rate.

10.3 Where a public holiday falls on a day on which a continuous shift employee (as defined) is rostered off duty the employee shall be entitled to an additional day's pay at ordinary rates.

10.3.1 Where a public holiday falls on a day on which a full time employee is rostered off duty the employee shall be entitled to an additional day's pay at ordinary rates. This subclause shall not apply to part-time employees.

10.3.2 By agreement between the employer and employee, the employee may observe that public holiday, paid at the ordinary rate, on a day agreed between the employer and employee.

10.4 An employee shall be entitled to a day's leave in lieu of a public holiday, paid at the ordinary rate, in respect of a public holiday which occurs during the employees' approved annual leave.

10.5 The provisions of this clause shall not apply to casual employees.

11. PERSONAL LEAVE

The provisions of this clause apply to full-time and regular part-time employees, but do not apply to casual employees.

11.1 Amount of paid personal leave

11.1.1 Paid personal leave will be available to an employee who is unable to attend or remain at her or his place of employment during the ordinary hours of work because of:

11.1.2 The amount of personal leave to which an employee is entitled depends on how long she or he has worked for the employer and accrues as follows:

11.1.3 Paid personal leave shall be paid at the ordinary rate.

11.1.4 An employee shall not be entitled to claim payment for personal leave in respect of any day on which the employee is absent on accrued time off in accordance with clause 7 - Hours of this award. Provided that payment for personal (sick) leave may be made where an employee on accrued time off is ill for seven or more consecutive days and in all other respects complies with the requirements of subclause 11.3.6 hereof.

11.2 Immediate family or household

11.2.1 The entitlement to use personal leave for the purposes of carer's or bereavement leave is subject to the person being either;

11.2.2 The term immediate family includes:

11.3 Sick Leave

11.3.1 An employee is entitled to use up to 76 hours of the current year's personal leave entitlement as sick leave.

11.3.2 An employee is entitled to use accumulated personal leave for the purposes of sick leave where the current year's sick leave entitlement has been exhausted.

11.3.3 An employee shall advise the employer as soon as reasonably practicable and if possible prior to the commencement of the shift, of the inability to attend work, the nature of the illness or injury and the estimated duration of the absence.

11.3.4 An employee must provide a medical certificate for any absence of more than two consecutive days.

11.3.5 An employee is allowed a maximum of two days absence without a medical certificate in any one accruing year.

11.3.6 An employee who suffers personal ill health or injury whilst on annual leave may be paid sick leave in lieu of annual leave subject to:

11.3.7 No paid leave shall be granted if the illness or injury has been caused by the employee's own misconduct.

11.3.8 This clause shall not apply where the employee is entitled to compensation under the Workers' Compensation and Assistance Act 1981.

11.3.9 Where a business has been transmitted from one employer to another and the employee's service has been deemed continuous in accordance with subclause (3) of clause (2) of the Long Service Leave Provisions published in Volume 77 of the Western Australian Industrial Gazette at pp 1 to 4, the paid sick leave standing to the credit of the employee at the date of transmission from service with the transmittor shall stand to the credit of the employee at the commencement of service with the transmittee and may be claimed in accordance with the provisions of this clause.

11.3.10 An employee shall not be entitled to paid sick leave if the illness or injury occurs during a period of accrued time off, unless the illness is for a period of seven consecutive days or more.

11.4 Bereavement leave

11.4.1 An employee is entitled to use up to two days personal leave as paid bereavement leave on each occasion that a member of the employee's immediate family or household dies within Australia.

11.4.2 Where an employee has exhausted all personal leave entitlements, including accumulated entitlements, she or he will be entitled to up to two days' unpaid bereavement leave.

11.4.3 The employer may require the employee to provide satisfactory evidence of the death of the member of the employee's immediate family or household.

11.4.4 Payment in respect of bereavement leave is to be made only where the employee otherwise would have been on duty and shall not be granted in any case where the employee concerned would have been off duty in accordance with her or his roster, or on long service leave, annual leave, sick leave, workers' compensation, leave without pay or on a public holiday.

11.4.5 An employee shall not be entitled to claim payment for bereavement leave on a day when that employee is absent on accrued time off in accordance with the provisions of clause 7 - Hours.

11.5 Carer's leave

11.5.1 An employee is entitled to use up to five days personal leave each year as carers' leave. Except by agreement with the employer, the employee is not entitled to take carer's leave where another person has taken leave to care for the same person.

11.5.2 Notice required

11.5.3 An employee may take unpaid carer's leave by agreement with the employer.

11.5.4 Evidence supporting claim

12. NOTICE OF TERMINATION

12.1 Employer giving notice

12.1.1 The contract of service may be terminated by the employer on any day by giving to the employee the required period of notice in writing and the contract shall expire at the end of that period of notice.

12.1.2 The required period of notice shall be:

12.1.3 The contract of service of an employee engaged as a casual may be terminated by the employer giving the employee one hour's notice. Such notice need not be in writing.

12.1.4 Payment in lieu of the required period of notice may be made by the employer if the required notice is not given.

12.1.5 The period of notice in this clause, shall not apply in the case of dismissal for conduct that justifies instant dismissal including inefficiency within the first fourteen days, neglect of duty or misconduct and in the case of casual employees, apprentices or employees engaged for a specific period or for a specific tasks or tasks.

12.2 Employee giving notice

12.2.1 The contract of service of a level 1 nurse may be terminated on any day by the nurse giving to the employer two weeks notice in writing and the contract shall expire at the end of that period of notice.

12.2.2 If an employee fails to give the required notice or leaves during the notice period, the employer may, at its discretion, deduct from any monies due to the employee, an amount equal to ordinary time earnings for the period of notice not given.

12.3 The employee and the employer may agree in writing upon a longer period of notice than prescribed in this clause.

12.4 The required notice may be dispensed with by agreement in writing between the employer and employee.

13. LAUNDRY AND UNIFORM ALLOWANCE

13.1 Where the uniforms of any employee are not laundered by the employer, free of cost to the employee, an allowance of $1.05 per week shall be paid to the employee.

13.2 Where an employee is required by the employer to wear a uniform, the employer shall pay an allowance of $4.00 per week. This allowance shall not be paid where the uniform is supplied by the employer.

14. ROSTERS

14.1 A roster of working hours shall be posted in a convenient place where it is readily visible to each employee covered by it.

14.2 The roster shall be posted at least seven days before it comes into operation.

14.3 The roster may be altered at the employer's discretion at any time if the employer's organisational requirements render such alteration necessary.

15. MEAL AND MEAL HOURS

15.1 Meal breaks shall be a minimum of 30 minutes and subject to 15.2 of this clause shall not be counted as time worked.

15.1.1 An employee shall not be compelled to work more than six hours without a meal break.

15.2 Where an employee is required to be on duty or available at the workplace during his/her meal break, the employee shall be paid at ordinary rates but the period of the meal break, if the employee is not working, shall not be counted as time worked for the purposes of clause 8 - Overtime.

15.3 One seven minute rest break shall be allowed during each shift and shall be taken when convenient to the employer without deduction of pay for such time.

16. ON CALL

16.1 For the purposes of this award an employee is on call when she/he is directed by the employer to remain at such a place as will enable the employer to readily contact her/him during the hours when she/he is not otherwise on duty. In so determining the place at which the employee shall remain, the employer may require that place to be within a specified radius from the hospital.

16.2 An employee who is rostered to be on call as prescribed in 16.1 of this clause between rostered shifts of ordinary hours:

16.2.1 from Monday to Friday shall receive an allowance of $12.00;

16.2.2 on a Saturday shall receive an allowance of $18.00;

16.2.3 on a Sunday, public holiday or any other day on which the employee is not rostered on duty shall receive an allowance of $21.00.

16.2.4 Where an employee is rostered to be on call and is recalled to duty, the employee is entitled to receive the normal overtime provisions in accordance with clause 8 - Overtime, including the minimum recall rate.

16.2.5 An employee rostered to be on call spanning two days or part thereof over which two different on call allowances apply, shall receive a payment which is equal to the allowance payable for the day attracting the higher allowance.

16.3 Where the employer requires that the employee on call is contactable on a telephone and if the employee pays or contributes towards the payment of the rental of such telephone the employer shall pay the employee an amount being a proportion of the telephone rental calculated on the basis that for each seven days on which an employee is required to be on call the employer shall pay the employee 1/52nd of the annual rental paid by the employee.

16.4 The provisions of this clause shall not apply to any registered nurse level 4 or 5.

17. PART-TIME EMPLOYEES

A part-time employee shall receive payment for wages, annual leave, long service leave, personal leave, uniform and laundry allowances and any other weekly allowances in the same ratio as the ordinary hours worked relate to full time employees.

18. CASUAL EMPLOYEES

18.1 A casual employee shall be paid 1/38th of the rate of their classification for each hour worked, plus 20% additional loading.

18.2 A casual employee who works on a public holiday (as defined in clause 10 - Public holidays) shall be paid at the rate of time and one half the rate specified in 18.1.

18.3 A casual employee shall not receive any of the entitlements prescribed in clauses 9 - Annual leave; 10 - Public holidays; 11 - Personal leave; 19 - Long service leave, 23 - Location alllowance; and 27 - Parental leave of this award.

19. LONG SERVICE LEAVE

Nothwithstanding the long service leave provisions published in Volume 65 of the Western Australian Industrial Gazette at pages 1 to 4 inclusive as updated from time to time long service leave shall not accrue on workers' compensation leave in excess of one month.

20. AWARD NOT TO AFFECT PRESENT WAGES AND PRIVILEGES

Nothing herein contained shall entitle an employer to reduce the wage of any employee who at the date of this award is being paid a higher rate of wage than the minimum prescribed for her/his class of work.

21. HIGHER DUTIES

21.1 An employee required to relieve in a position attracting a higher rate of wage, for a period of not less than five consecutive working days shall be paid at that higher rate.

21.2 When a relief employee performs some, but not all, of the duties of the position a rate of wage less than the rate the position normally attracts can be paid on agreement between the employer and employee.

22. WAGES

22.1 Arbitrated safety net adjustment

22.2 The minimum rate of wage payable to employees under this award shall be as follows:

CLASSIFICATION

Base rate

Arbitrated

Total rate

 

per week

safety net

per week

   

adjustment

  

     
       
 

$

$

$

       

Registered Mothercraft Nurse - years of experience:

       

1st year

396.20

48.00

444.20

2nd year

403.70

48.00

451.70

3rd year

414.80

48.00

462.80

4th year

426.30

48.00

474.30

5th year and thereafter

437.40

48.00

485.40

Registered Nurse:

        
         

Level 1:

1

471.60

48.00

519.60

 

2

495.10

48.00

543.10

 

3

518.70

46.00

564.70

 

4

542.30

46.00

588.30

 

5

565.90

46.00

611.90

 

6

589.50

46.00

635.50

 

7

613.00

46.00

659.00

 

8

636.60

46.00

682.60

         

Level 2:

1

660.20

46.00

706.20

 

2

675.90

44.00

719.90

 

3

691.60

44.00

735.60

 

4

707.30

44.00

751.30

         

Level 3:

1

736.80

44.00

780.80

 

2

754.50

44.00

798.50

 

3

772.20

44.00

816.20

 

4

789.90

44.00

833.90

Level 4 - Coordinators

      
       
 

Grade 1

46,125

2,295

48,420

       

Hollywood Village

      

St Joseph's Private Hospital

      

St Michael's Nursing Home

      

Swan Cottage Homes Incorporated

      

(Tandara/Ningana Nursing Homes)

      

Undercliffe Hospital Complex

      
       

22.3 Definitions

22.3.1 Registered Nurses Level 1 (RN-1)

22.3.2 Registered Nurse Level 2 (RN-2)

22.3.3 Registered Nurse Level 3 (RN-3)

22.3.4 Registered Nurse Level 4 (RN-4)

22.3.5 Registered Nurse Level 5 (RN-5)

22.4 A nurse classified at Level 1, other than a nurse on the maximum incremental point, who completes a Bachelor of Applied Science in Nursing, or equivalent Nursing Degree shall be given accelerated progression of twelve months through the incremental scale.

22.5 Progression for all classifications for which there is more than one wage point, shall be by annual increments, having regard to the acquisition and utilisation of skills and knowledge through experience in his or her practice setting(s) over such period.

22.6 Work as directed

22.7 Post basic student:

22.8 Where an employee is appointed to a position at level 1, 2 or 3, previous relevant nursing experience at that level, or in a similar level under a differing career structure, shall be taken into account for determining the appropriate increment level.

22.9 The onus of proof of previous experience shall rest with the employee.

22.10 An employee returning to the profession after an absence greater than five years shall commence at the first increment of Level 1 for a period of three months. During this time the employee shall be subject to performance appraisal and review by the Director of Nursing or by peer assessment if there is dispute. Upon satisfactory review she/he shall move to a level and increment as determined by the assessment. An employee who fails to satisfy the panel of her/his competency to progress through the Level 1 increments or into another level as the case may be, may apply for reassessment by a peer assessment panel after a period of twelve months from the date of employment.

22.11 Time not worked

23. LOCATION ALLOWANCE

23.1 Subject to the provisions of this clause, in addition to the wages prescribed in clause 22. - Wages of this award, an employee shall be paid the following weekly allowances when employed in the towns listed below:

 

Per week

Town

$

   

Agnew

15.20

Argyle

39.50

Balladonia

15.00

Barrow Island

25.70

Boulder

6.20

Broome

24.20

Bullfinch

7.20

Carnarvon

12.30

Cockatoo Island

26.60

Coolgardie

6.20

Cue

15.50

Dampier

20.90

Denham

12.30

Derby

25.10

Esperance

4.60

Eucla

16.90

Exmouth

21.70

Fitzroy Crossing

30.30

Goldsworthy

13.80

Halls Creek

34.60

Kalbarri

5.10

Kalgoorlie

6.20

Kambalda

6.20

Karratha

24.80

Koolan Island

26.60

Koolyanobbing

7.20

Kununurra

39.50

Laverton

15.40

Learmonth

21.70

Leinster

15.20

Leonora

15.40

Madura

16.00

Marble Bar

37.70

Meekatharra

13.30

Mount Magnet

16.50

Mundrabilla

16.50

Newman

14.50

Norseman

12.90

Nullagine

37.60

Onslow

25.70

Pannawonica

19.60

Paraburdoo

19.40

Port Hedland

20.80

Ravensthorpe

8.10

Roebourne

28.50

Sandstone

15.20

Shark Bay

12.30

Shay Gap

13.80

Southern Cross

7.20

Telfer

35.00

Teutonic Bore

15.20

Tom Price

19.40

Whim Creek

24.60

Wickham

24.00

Wiluna

15.50

Wittenoom

33.40

Wyndham

37.30

23.2 Except as provided in 23.3 of this clause, an employee who has:

23.2.1 a dependant shall be paid double the allowance prescribed in 23.1 of this clause.

23.2.2 a partial dependant shall be paid the allowance prescribed in 23.1 of this clause plus the difference between that rate and the amount such partial dependant is receiving by way of a district or location allowance.

23.3 Where an employee:

23.3.1 is provided with an allowance in lieu of board and lodging by virtue of the award or an order or agreement made pursuant to the Industrial Relations Act 1988; or

23.3.2 is provided with board and lodging by his/her employer free of charge;

23.4 Subject to 23.2 of this clause, junior employees, casual employees, part-time employees, apprentices receiving less than adult rate and employees employed for less than a full week shall receive that proportion of the location allowance as equates with the proportion that their wage for ordinary hours that week is to the adult rate for the work performed.

23.5 Where an employee is on annual leave or receives payment in lieu of annual leave he/she shall be paid for the period of such leave the location allowance to which he/she would ordinarily be entitled.

23.6 Where an employee is on long service leave or other approved leave with pay (other than annual leave) she/he shall only be paid location allowance for the period of such leave she/he remains in the location in which she/he is employed.

23.7 For the purposes of this clause:

23.7.1 Dependant shall mean:

23.7.2 Partial dependant shall mean a dependant as prescribed in 23.7.1 hereof who receives a district or location allowance which is less than the location allowance prescribed in 23.1 hereof.

23.8 Increases in the location allowances specified in this clause may, subject to the approval of the Commission, be applied for from time to time by any party to the award and shall reflect rates in the location allowance General Order of the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission then in force.

24. FARES AND MOTOR VEHICLE ALLOWANCE

24.1 An employee required to work outside her/his usual place of employment during his or her normal working hours shall be paid any reasonable travelling expenses incurred except where an allowance is paid in accordance with 24.2 hereof.

24.2 An employee required and authorised to use his or her own motor vehicle in the course of her/his duties shall be paid an allowance of not less than 54.9 cents per kilometre.

24.3 Nothing in this clause shall prevent the employer and the employee making other arrangements as to car allowance not less favourable to the employee.

25. SHIFT WORK

25.1 Where on any weekday an employee works a complete rostered afternoon shift commencing at 12 noon or after, and finishing after 6 p.m., the employee shall be paid a loading of 12.5% on the ordinary rates of pay.

25.1.1 Where on any weekday an employee works a complete rostered night shift between the hours of 6 p.m. and 7.30 a.m., the employee shall be paid a loading of 15% on the ordinary rates of pay.

25.1.2 The provisions of 25.1 of this clause do not apply where the employee commences her/his ordinary hours of work after 12.00 noon and completes those hours at or before 6.00 p.m. on that day.

25.1.3 Where an employee works a broken shift each portion of that shift shall be considered a separate shift for the purpose of this clause.

25.2 Where an employee is rostered to work ordinary hours between midnight Friday and midnight Saturday, the employee shall be paid a loading of 50% on the ordinary rates of pay for the actual hours worked during this period.

25.3 Where an employee is rostered to work ordinary hours between midnight Saturday and midnight on the following Sunday, the employee shall be paid a loading of 75% on the ordinary rates of pay for the actual hours worked during this period.

25.4 The provisions of this clause shall not apply to any registered nurse level 4 or 5.

26. CALCULATION OF PENALTIES

Where an employee works hours which would entitle that employee to payment of more than one of the penalties payable in accordance with clauses 8 - Overtime, 10 - Public holidays and 25 - Shift work of this award, only the highest of any such penalty shall be payable.

27. PARENTAL LEAVE

The provisions of this clause apply to full-time and regular part-time employees, but do not apply to casual employees.

Subject to the terms of this clause employees are entitled to maternity, paternity and adoption leave and to work part-time in connection with the birth or adoption of a child.

27.1 Definitions

27.1.1 For the purpose of this clause child means a child of the employee under the age of one year except for adoption of a child where `child' means a person under the age of five years who is placed with the employee for the purposes of adoption, other than a child or step-child of the employee or of the spouse of the employee or a child who has previously lived continuously with the employee for a period of six months or more.

27.1.2 Subject to clause 27.1.3, in this clause, spouse includes a de facto or former spouse.

27.1.3 In relation to clause 27.5, spouse includes a de facto spouse but does not include a former spouse.

27.2 Basic entitlement

27.2.1 After twelve months continuous service, parents are entitled to a combined total of 52 weeks unpaid parental leave on a shared basis in relation to the birth or adoption of their child. For females, maternity leave may be taken and for males, paternity leave may be taken. Adoption leave may be taken in the case of adoption.

27.2.2 Subject to 27.3.6, parental leave is to be available to only one parent at a time, in a single unbroken period, except that both parents may simultaneously take:

27.3 Maternity leave

27.3.1 An employee must provide notice to the employer in advance of the expected date of commencement of parental leave. The notice requirements are:

27.3.2 When the employee gives notice under 27.3.1(a) the employee must also provide a statutory declaration stating particulars of any period of paternity leave sought or taken by her spouse and that for the period of maternity leave she will not engage in any conduct inconsistent with her contract of employment.

27.3.3 An employee will not be in breach of this clause if failure to give the stipulated notice is occasioned by confinement occurring earlier than the presumed date.

27.3.4 Subject to clause 27.2.1 and unless agreed otherwise between the employer and employee, an employee may commence parental leave at any time within six weeks immediately prior to the expected date of birth.

27.3.5 Where an employee continues to work within the six week period immediately prior to the expected date of birth, or where the employee elects to return to work within six weeks after the birth of the child, an employer may require the employee to provide a medical certificate stating that she is fit to work on her normal duties.

27.3.6 Special maternity leave

27.3.7 Where leave is granted under clause 27.3.4, during the period of leave an employee may return to work at any time, as agreed between the employer and the employee provided that time does not exceed four weeks from the recommencement date desired by the employee.

27.4 Paternity leave

27.4.1 An employee will provide to the employer at least ten weeks prior to each proposed period of paternity leave, with:

27.4.2 The employee will not be in breach of clause 27.4.1 if the failure to give the required period of notice is because of the birth occurring earlier than expected, the death of the mother of the child, or other compelling circumstances.

27.5 Adoption leave

27.5.1 The employee will notify the employer at least ten weeks in advance of the date of commencement of adoption leave and the period of leave to be taken. An employee may commence adoption leave prior to providing such notice, where through circumstances beyond the control of the employee, the adoption of a child takes place earlier.

27.5.2 Before commencing adoption leave, an employee will provide the employer with a statutory declaration stating:

27.5.3 An employer may require an employee to provide confirmation from the appropriate government authority of the placement.

27.5.4 Where the placement of child for adoption with an employee does not proceed or continue, the employee will notify the employer immediately and the employer will nominate a time not exceeding four weeks from receipt of notification for the employee's return to work.

27.5.5 An employee will not be in breach of this clause as a consequence of failure to give the stipulated periods of notice if such failure results from a requirement of an adoption agency to accept earlier or later placement of a child, the death of a spouse, or other compelling circumstances.

27.5.6 An employee seeking to adopt a child is entitled to unpaid leave for the purpose of attending any compulsory interviews or examinations as are necessary as part of the adoption procedure. The employee and the employer should agree on the length of the unpaid leave. Where agreement cannot be reached, the employee is entitled to take up to two days unpaid leave. Where paid leave is available to the employee, the employer may require the employee to take such leave instead.

27.6 Variation of period of parental leave

27.7 Parental leave and other entitlements

27.8 Transfer to a safe job

27.8.1 Where an employee is pregnant and, in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner, illness or risks arising out of the pregnancy or hazards connected with the work assigned to the employee make it inadvisable for the employee to continue at her present work, the employee will, if the employer deems it practicable, be transferred to a safe job at the rate and on the conditions attaching to that job until the commencement of maternity leave.

27.8.2 If the transfer to a safe job is not practicable, the employee may elect, or the employer may require the employee to commence parental leave for such period as is certified necessary by a registered medical practitioner.

27.9 Returning to work after a period of parental leave

27.9.1 An employee will notify of their intention to return to work after a period of parental leave at least four weeks prior to the expiration of the leave.

27.9.2 An employee will be entitled to the position which they held immediately before proceeding on parental leave. In the case of an employee transferred to a safe job pursuant to clause 27.8, the employee will be entitled to return to the position they held immediately before such transfer.

27.9.3 Where such position no longer exists but there are other positions available which the employee is qualified for and is capable of performing, the employee will be entitled to a position as nearly comparable in status and pay to that of their former position.

27.10 Replacement employees

27.10.1 A replacement employee is an employee specifically engaged or temporarily promoted or transferred, as a result of an employee proceeding on parental leave.

27.10.2 Before an employer engages a replacement employee the employer must inform that person of the temporary nature of the employment and of the rights of the employee who is being replaced.

28. PAYMENT OF WAGES

28.1 Wages shall be paid by cheque, direct transfer or cash at the employer's discretion following consultation with the employees.

28.2 The employer may require an employee to receive wages by electronic funds transfer into an account held at any major bank, building society or nurses credit society. Any costs associated with the establishment by the employee of such an account and of the operation of it shall be borne by the employee.

28.2.1 In respect of transfer fees associated with the transfer of funds from the employer's bank to any other bank or financial institution nominated by the employee, such fees shall be paid by the employer.

29. COMPACTION OF LEAVE

On agreement between the employer and employee, a part-time employee or an employee whose ordinary hours have changed from part-time to full time may take annual leave and long service leave entitlements as reduced periods of full time equivalent time off.

30. ENTERPRISE FLEXIBILITY

(see ss 113A and 113B of the Act)

Where an employer or employees wish to pursue an agreement at the enterprise or workplace about how the award should be varied so as to make the enterprise or workplace operate more efficiently according to its particular needs the following process shall apply:

30.1 A consultative mechanism and procedures appropriate to the size, structure and needs of the enterprise or workplace shall be established.

30.2 For the purpose of the consultative process the employees may nominate the Union or another to represent them.

30.3 Where agreement is reached an application shall be made to the Commission.

31. REDUNDANCY

31.1 Definition

31.2 Severance pay

31.2.1 In addition to the period of notice prescribed in clause 12. - Notice of Termination of this award, for ordinary termination, and subject to further order of the Commission, an employee whose employment is terminated on the ground of redundancy shall be entitled to the following amount of redundancy pay in respect of a continuous period of service.

31.2.2 For the purpose of this clause continuity of service shall not be broken on account of:

31.2.3 Service by the employee with a business which has been transmitted from one employer to another and the employee's service has been deemed continuous in accordance with subclause (3) of clause 2 of the Long Service Leave Provisions published in volume 77 of the Western Australian Industrial Gazette at pages 1-4 shall also constitute continuous service for the purpose of this clause.

31.3 Employee leaving during notice

31.4 Alternative employment

31.5 Time off during notice period

31.5.1 During the period of notice of termination given by the employer, an employee shall be allowed up to eight hours time off without loss of pay during each week of notice for the purpose of seeking other employment.

31.5.2 If the employee has been allowed paid leave for more than one day during the notice period for the purpose of seeking other employment, the employee shall, at the request of the employer, be required to produce proof of attendance at an interview or the employee shall not receive payment for the time absent. For this purpose a statutory declaration will be sufficient.

31.6 Superannuation benefits

31.6.1 Subject to further order of the Commission where an employee, whose employment is terminated, receives a benefit from a superannuation scheme, the employee shall only receive under 31.2 of this clause the difference between the severance pay specified in that subclause and the amount of the superannuation benefit the employee receives which is attributable to employer contributions only.

31.6.2 If the superannuation benefit is greater than the amount due under 31.2 of this clause then the employee shall receive no payment under that subclause.

31.6.3 Provided that benefits arising directly or indirectly from contributions made by an employer in accordance with an award, agreement or order made or registered under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 shall not be taken into account unless the Commission so orders in a particular case.

31.7 Transfer to lower paid duties

31.8 Employees with less than one year's service

31.9 Employees exempted

31.10 Employers exempted

31.11 Incapacity to pay:

32. SUPERANNUATION

32.1 Contributions

32.1.1 The employer shall contribute on behalf of each employee in accordance with the requirements of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992.

32.1.2 Contributions into the nominated fund shall be paid monthly and within 30 days of the end of each month.

32.1.3 The employer shall continue to contribute an amount of not less than 3% on behalf of an employee in receipt of payments under the Workers Compensation and Assistance Act 1981.

32.1.4 For the purpose of this clause the employee's earnings base shall include base rate, overaward payments, supplementary payments and shift and weekend penalties.

32.2 Fund

32.2.1 Subject to 32.2.2 of this clause, employer contributions shall be paid into Health Employees Superannuation Trust Australia (HESTA).

32.2.2 An employer shall be exempted from payment into HESTA on behalf of all or some of the employees by providing the Federation with 30 days notice of the fact that contributions will be made into an alternative fund or funds approved under the Commonwealth Operational Standards for Occupational Superannuation.

33. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

33.1 It is the intention of the respondents to this award to achieve the principal object in section 3(j) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 through respecting and valuing the diversity of the workforce by helping to prevent and eliminate discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, sexual preference, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin.

33.2 Accordingly, in fulfilling their obligations under the dispute avoidance and settling clause, the respondents must make every endeavour to ensure that neither the award provisions nor their operation are directly or indirectly discriminatory in their effects.

33.3 Nothing in this clause is to be taken to affect:

33.3.1 any different treatment (or treatment having different effects) which is specifically exempted under the Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation;

33.3.2 junior rates of pay, until 22 June 2000 or later date determined by the Commission in accordance with s.143(1E) of the Act;

33.3.3 an employee, employer or registered organisation, pursuing matters of discrimination in any state or federal jurisdiction, including by application to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; or

33.3.4 the exemptions in ss 170CK(3) and (4) of the Act.

34. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

Where a dispute concerning the operation of this award arises, the following steps shall be taken:

34.1 Step 1

34.2 Step 2

34.3 Step 3

34.4 Step 4

B. This order shall come into force on ** and continue in force for a period of 12 months.

BY THE COMMISSION:

PRESIDENT

Printed by authority of the Commonwealth Government Printer

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SCHEDULE A

LIST OF RESPONDENTS

Adelphi Nursing Home, 29 Neville Street, BAYSWATER WA 6062

Agmaroy Nursing Home, 115 Leach Highway, WILSON WA 6107

Amaroo Nursing Home, 60 Stalker Road, GOSNELLS WA 6110

Anglican Homes (Inc.) (St Georges and James Brown House), 416 Stirling Highway,

Association for the Blind of WA Inc., 61 Kitchener Avenue, VICTORIA PARK WA

Attadale Hospital, 21 Hislop Road, ATTADALE WA 6156

Australian Red Cross Society (Red Cross Lady Lawley Cottage), 357 Murray Street,

Avon Valley Residency, Burgoyne Street, NORTHAM WA 6140

Bassendean Nursing Home, 27 Hamilton Street, BASSENDEAN WA 6054

Belmont Community Nursing Home, 5 Kemp Place, RIVERVALE WA 6103

Bethesda Hospital Incorporated, 25 Queenslea Drive, CLAREMONT WA 6010

Braemar Nursing Home, 214 Canning Highway, EAST FREMANTLE WA 6153

Burswood Private Nursing Home, 16 Duncan Street, VICTORIA PARK WA 6100

CMM Homes, "Rowethorpe", BENTLEY WA 6102

Cabrini Nursing Home, 111 Guildford Road, MAYLANDS WA 6051

Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge & Connolly Streets, WEMBLEY WA 6014

Carinya Lodge, 20 Plantation Street, MOUNT LAWLEY WA 6050

Carinya Nursing Home, 41 Bristol Avenue, BICTON WA 6157

Carlisle Nursing Home Pty Ltd, 110 Star Street, CARLISLE WA 6101

Casson Homes Inc. (St Rita's Nursing Home), 32 Queens Crescent, MT LAWLEY

Catholic Homes for the Aged Inc., (Catherine McCauley Centre), 18 Barrett Street,

Cerebral Palsy Association of WA (Inc), 106 Bradford Street, COOLBINIA WA 6050

Cheb Management Pty Ltd, 8th Floor, 178 St George's Terrace, PERTH WA 6000

Chrystal Halliday Homes, 61 Jeanes Road, KARRINYUP WA 6018

Churches of Christ Homes Incorporated, 20 Plantation Street, MT LAWLEY WA

Colin Street Day Surgery, 51 Colin Street, WEST PERTH WA 6005

Como House Nursing Home, Talbot Avenue, COMO WA 6152

Concord Nursing Home, 25 Ansley Street, SOUTH PERTH WA 6151

Conval Consultants (Agmaroy Hospital, Bassendean Nursing Home, Midland

Cottage Hospice (Cancer Foundation), 11 Bedbrook Place, SHENTON PARK WA

Craig Lea Park Nursing Home, 38 Alday Street, ST JAMES WA 6102

Craigcare (Glen-Craig Villages Pty Ltd), 29 Gardner Street, COMO WA 6152

Craigmont Nursing Home Pty Ltd, Level 3, 29 Gardner Street, COMO WA 6152

Craigville Nursing Home Pty Ltd, Level 3, 29 Gardner Street, COMO WA 6152

Craigwood Nursing Home Pty Ltd, Level 3, 29 Gardner Street, COMO WA 615

David, Gita and Michael Hoffman Nursing Home, 119 Cresswell Road, DIANELLA WA 6062

Dean Lodge, Bullcreek Drive, BULLCREEK WA 6155

Elanora Village Nursing Home, 37 Hastie Road, BUNBURY WA 6233

Embleton Hospital, 46 Brown Avenue, EMBLETON WA 6062

Foley Village Nursing Home, 84 Collick Street, HILTON WA 6163

Freeman Nursing Home, Bullcreek Road, ROSSMOYNE WA 6155

Fremantle Nursing Home, Cnr Holland & Robertson Streets, FREMANTLE WA 6106

Garnstone Investments Pty Ltd trading as Lathlain Nursing Home, 63 Archer Street,

Glendalough Convalescence Home, Rawlins Street, GLENDALOUGH WA 6016

Glengarry Hospital, 53 Arnisdale Road, DUNCRAIG WA 6023

Glenn-Craig Nursing Home, Level 3, 29 Gardner Street, COMO WA 6152

Gosnells Family Hospital, 2 Hamilton Court, GOSNELLS WA 6110

Gwenyfred Nursing Home, 60 Gwenyfred Road, SOUTH PERTH WA 6151

Hamersley Hospital & Leighton Nursing Home, 441 Rokeby Road, SUBIACO

Hamilton Hill Nursing Home, Inverney Street, HAMILTON HILL WA 6163

Hardey Lodge, 51-57 Monmouth Street, MOUNT LAWLEY WA 6050

Hillcrest Nursing Home, 23 Harvest Road, NORTH FREMANTLE WA 6159

Hillview Nursing Home, 21 Angelo Street, ARMADALE WA 6112

Hollywood Village Nursing Home (The Salvation Army Senior Citizens Village),

Howard Solomon Masonic Hostel & Nursing Home, 91 Hybanthus Avenue,

Italian Community Nursing Home, Cnr Kent & Wanneroo Roads, MARANGAROO

Jalon Convalescent Hospital, 48 Great Eastern Highway, South Guildford, WA 6055,

Joondana Nursing Home, 5-9 Osborne Street, JOONDANA WA 6050

Kaleeya Hospital, Wolseley Road, EAST FREMANTLE WA 6158

Kimberley Nursing Home, 78 Kimberley Road, LEEDERVILLE WA 6007

Koh-I-Noor Nursing Home, 34/6 Pangbourne Street, WEMBLEY WA 6014

Kwinana Nursing Home, Lot 643 Gilmore Avenue, CALISTA WA 6167

Lathlain Nursing Home, 63 Archer Street, CARLISLE WA 6101

Little Sisters of the Poor, 12 Croesus Street, KALGOORLIE WA 6430

Mandurah Nursing Home, Hungerford Avenue, MANDURAH WA 6210

Maurice Zeffert Nursing Home, 91 Woodrow Avenue, YOKINE WA 6060

Melvista Nursing Home, 20 Betty Street, NEDLANDS WA 6009

Midland Nursing Home, 44 John Street, MIDLAND WA 6056

Mon Repos Nursing Home, 67 Palmerston Street, MOSMAN PARK WA 6012

Montrose Hospital, 12 Grange Street, CLAREMONT WA 6010

Mount Hospital, 150 Mounts Bay Road, PERTH WA 6000

Mount St Camillus Nursing Home, 185 Lewis Road, FORRESTFIELD WA 6058

Mt Lawley Private Hospital, 14 Alvan Street, MT LAWLEY WA 6050

Nazareth House, Bluff Point, GERALDTON WA 6530

Nazareth House, Hilton, 84 Collick Street, HILTON WA 6163

Niola Private Hospital, 61 Cambridge Street, WEST LEEDERVILLE WA 6007

Nonareena Nursing Home, 34 Alexander Road, EAST FREMANTLE WA 6158

Nulsen Haven Association (Inc), 462 Great Eastern Highway, REDCLIFFE WA

Parry Nursing Home, 74 Warlingham Drive, LESMURDIE WA 6076

Perth SurgiCentre, 38 Ranelagh Crs, SOUTH PERTH WA 6151

Ramsay Health Care Pty Ltd, Hollywood Private Hospital, Monash Avenue,

Rockingham Family Hospital, Wilmott Road, ROCKINGHAM WA 6168

Rocky Bay Inc., 60 McCabe Street, MOSMAN PARK WA 6012

Rowethorpe Nursing Home, Hillview Terrace, BENTLEY WA 6102

Sandstrom Nursing Home (formerly Anne-Marie Nursing Home), 44-46 Whatley

Santralla Private Nursing Home, 16 Duncan Street, VICTORIA PARK WA 6100

Serapis Day Hospital, 57 Burroughs Road, KARRINYUP WA 6015

Sherwin Lodge Seventh-Day Adventist Retirement Village, Bullcreek Road,

Shoalwater Nursing Home (WA), Coventry Road, SAFETY BAY WA 6169

Silver Chain Nursing Association Inc., (Alfred Carson Hospital, John Mercer),

Sisters of St John of God Incorporated, St John of God Hospital, Cathedral Avenue,

Skye Nursing Home, 13 Stephens Street, FREMANTLE WA 6160

South Perth Community Centre Hospital Incorporated, South Terrace, COMO WA

Southern Cross Nursing Home, 529 Leach Highway, BATEMAN WA 6155

St Anne's Hospital Inc. Thirlmere Road, MT LAWLEY WA 6050

St Catherine's Nursing Home, 131 Broadway, NEDLANDS WA 6009

St David's Retirement Centre, 17-19 Lawley Cres, MT LAWLEY WA 6050

St Florence Nursing Home, 32 Whatley Crescent, MOUNT LAWLEY WA 6050

St Francis Nursing Home (formerly Wasa Wasa Hospital), Cnr Healy & Clare Road,

St George's Nursing Home, 20 Pinaster Street, MT LAWLEY WA 6050

St John of God Health Care Inc, 12 Kings Park Road, WEST PERTH WA

St John of God Hospital Subiaco Inc., Cambridge Street, SUBIACO WA 6008

St John of God Hospital, Edward Street, BUNBURY WA 6230

St John of God Hospital, Murdoch, c/- 12 Kings Park Road, WEST PERTH WA

St John of God Hospital, Rivervale, Great Eastern Highway, RIVERVALE WA 6103

St Joseph's Hospital, Stock Road, BICTON WA 6157

St Joseph's Nursing Home, York Street, SOUTH PERTH WA 6151

St Luke's Nursing Home, 429 Rokey Road, SUBIACO WA 6008

St Michael's Nursing Home, 53-57 Wasley Street, NORTH PERTH WA 6006

St Paul's Nursing Home, Ormond Road, ATTADALE WA 6156

St Vincent's Hospital, Mangles Street, BUNBURY WA 6230

St Vincent's Hospital, 244 Swan Street, GUILDFORD WA 6055

Stirling Hospital (1979) Pty Ltd, 32 Spencer Avenue, YOKINE WA 6060

Subiaco Uniting Church Hospital, 137 Heytesbury Road, SUBIACO WA 6008

Swan Cottage Homes Incorporated (Tandara/Ningana Nursing Homes), Pine

The Alfred Carson Hospital, 30 Bay Road, CLAREMONT WA 6010

The Avenue Nursing Home (formerly Hadassan Private Hospital), 51-53 Second

The Howard Solomon Masonic Hostel and Nursing Home, 91 Hybanthus Road,

Touhy Memorial Hospital, 22 Morrison Road, MIDLAND WA 6056

Two Pines Nursing Home, 61 Clarkson Road, MAYLANDS WA 6051

Undercliffe Hospital Complex, 482 Great Eastern Highway, GREENMOUNT WA 6056

Undercliffe Nursing Home, 482 Great Eastern Highway, GREENMOUNT WA 6056

Valencia Nursing Home, Valencia Road, CARMEL WA 6076

Villa Dalmacia Nursing Home, Gorham Way, SPEARWOOD WA 6163

Villa Maria Homes (Inc)., (Cunningham Nursing Home), Bussell Highway,

WA Baptist Hospital and Homes Trust Inc., 20 Roebuck Drive, MANNING WA 6152

Warwick Nursing Home, 98 Ellersdale Avenue, WARWICK WA 6024

Wearne Nursing Home, 7 Leslie Street, MANDURAH WA 6210

Westland Healthcare Ltd, 316 Fitzgerald Street, PERTH WA 6000

Westland Management Ltd trading as: (Bunbury Nursing Home, Geraldton Nursing

Home, Kalgoorlie Nursing Home, Murray River Nursing Home), 14 Lyall Street,

SOUTH PERTH WA 6151