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Chemist Warehouse: we won’t cut penalty rates
Chemist Warehouse and My Chemist pharmacies have announced they will honour all existing penalty rate payments for current staff Following the Fair Work Commission’s review of penalty rates, Sunday and …
Sunday pay cuts to start 1 July
Pharmacy workers could see their pay being cut in a matter of weeks, following the Fair Work Commission’s decision on phasing-in dates The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) …
Pharmacists struggling to keep pace with impact of PBS reforms
High rents, high wages, PBS reform and a tough retail market aren’t doing pharmacy any favours, writes Mark Churchill The speed at which the most recent PBS reforms have been …
FactCheck: will 700,000 workers be ‘ripped off’ by penalty rate cuts, as Bill Shorten said?
FactCheck: will 700,000 workers be ‘ripped off’ by penalty rate cuts, as Bill Shorten said? Joshua Healy, University of Melbourne Malcolm Turnbull’s cuts to penalty rates will rip off 700,000 …
What you said: the pay gap
It’s been a busy week in our comments section, with the gender pay gap proving to be a hot topic Readers responded with interest to an AJP story in which …
What are you earning?
New tax office data lifts the lid on occupational income differences, and on the gender gap in pharmacist pay A gender gap definitely exists in Australian pharmacist pay rates, if …
Penalty rates decision to be appealed
A union has asked the Fair Work Commission to immediately conclude the penalty rates matter so it can appeal the decision in the Federal Court United Voice, which represents hospitality …
Union puts out call for employee pharmacist witnesses
The union for employee pharmacists has provided the Fair Work Commission with a major submission in support of lifting pay in the Pharmacy Industry Award PPA’s submission covers the expert evidence it …
PSA urges award wage increase
PSA is providing advice and evidence to support a case to increase the Award wage for pharmacists PSA says it has agreed to be called as an expert witness in …
Pharmacist pollie condemns pay cut
Emma McBride has taken aim at cuts to penalty rates, describing the PM’s decision to support cuts as “unconscionable” Ms McBride, a registered pharmacist and the Labor member for the …
World news wrapup: 16 March 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world UK: Only four out of more than 8,000 pharmacies were rated “excellent” by the UK’s pharmacy regulator following its …
Call for more PBS cuts rejected
Pharmacy stakeholders have slammed calls for further PBS cuts in a new Grattan report The Pharmacy Guild says it “completely rejects” the headline assertion of the report, which is titled Cutting …