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Warnings of potential job losses stemming from draft Budget plans to introduce double dispensing is concerning union group, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) Employee pharmacists are being urged to contact the …

Negotiations between National Pharmacies and Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) are improving, but union leaders say they will take industrial action, as enterprise agreement talks continue  Members of the employee pharmacists’ …

Calls for the introduction of a First National Voice to Parliament are being backed by major pharmacy organisations  The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) and trade union group Professional Pharmacists Australia …

Pharmacy owners are being put on notice to ensure they are paying staff their full entitlements following a court ruling last week.   A Victorian employee pharmacist reclaimed more than …

Union members to vote on protective action as enterprise agreement talks stall at National Pharmacies.   Employee pharmacists at National Pharmacies stores will be balloted regarding industrial action over the …

Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA) will hold a protected action ballot of National Pharmacies employees after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) approved the move.   Authorising the action, FWC Deputy President, …

Representatives from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and union group, Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA), will meet next month to discuss proposals to boost intern pay rates.   Following a Fair Work …

Employee pharmacists who are not members of a trade union could face levies to compensate the organisations for negotiating pay deals. With union membership at an all-time low of 12.5 …

New minimum rates for pharmacy workers now apply from 1 July The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently handed down its Annual Wage Review Decision, in which it determined to increase …

High dispensing rates, customer abuse, store cleaning… what are your rights to a healthy and safe pharmacy workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic? Pharmacy employers have a legal obligation to provide …

The pharmacy union has filed an application with the Fair Work Commission to have paid pandemic leave entitlements inserted into the Pharmacy Industry Award Professional Pharmacists Australia (PPA), along with …

Pharmacists at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane have started dispensing drugs for free to protest proposed pay cuts On Monday, Mater Hospital received a 65% ‘no’ vote to its proposed …