While the awards are presented by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC), agreements are negotiated by Queensland Health and Queensland Health staff representatives. After the agreement of the staff members covered by the proposed agreement (as part of a voting procedure), the agreements are certified by the QIRC. On 17 January 2020, an agreement in principle was reached with all parties to the trade union negotiations. Learn more about the status of negotiations on the state government`s certified agreement to replace the agreement. On December 20, 2019, the government and Queensland resolved the dispute resolution in arbitration. This means that the hearing scheduled for February 2020 must no longer be continued, since an agreement can be reached. This page contains information about the agreement, the ballot paper and a list of your agency contacts. Voting will begin on March 24, 2020. From 9 March 2020, the proposed agreement and the corresponding explanation of the agreement will be available on www.forgov.qld.gov.au/state-government-entities-certified-agreement-2019. If you have any questions about the contracting process, please contact your union or your agency`s appropriate IR/ER team. The government and all parties will now work on a replacement agreement. Once this process is complete, more information on the proposed agreement will be made public and all staff covered by the agreement will be put to a vote. As in our first term, the government negotiates in good faith to reach agreements that provide fair and fair wages and conditions.

Public servants who are covered by the basic agreement will receive a 1.75% salary increase from today. The increase in wages is the result of the joint search for a 1.75% increase in premium wages due to state salaries. It is important that the provision refer to the annual salary review, which must be set by the Fair Work Commission. That`s the first step. The annual decision-review of salaries was delayed by two weeks due to the COVID 19 crisis. We expect that decision to be made in July. The provision of the agreement then provides that the necessary discussions with the State Government on the continuation of wages will then begin. The State Government`s 2015 Certified Agreement (Basic Agreement) expires this year. This agreement includes terms and conditions of employment for you and other staff of your agency. In the meantime, display a copy of the contract officials (PDF, 288KB). In the coming weeks, a copy of the proposed final agreement will be released and/or published on ForGov`s website.

On that date, additional information on the terms of the agreement, the electoral process and the timetable will also be provided. A vote is scheduled for the end of March, early April. The government has just approved the agreement in principle for the basic agreement. Queensland Health has seven important agreements that prescribe wages and other conditions of employment for workers (excluding executives and executives). On 3 October 2018, the Industrial Union of Employees requested assistance from the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) for the agreement on the negotiations of the contract negotiations of the public authorities (basic agreement). That is why the negotiations are now in conciliation. Oir is attending conciliation conferences on behalf of the government and will request, if necessary, the presence of representatives of the agencies. The nominal expiration date of the basic agreement was August 31, 2018.

However, negotiations on the basic agreement between the parties continue in good faith.