AV 041 September 2016 Fair Work Amendment (Respect for Emergency Service Volunteers) Bill 2016 The Senate is holding an inquiry into the provisions of the Fair Work Amendment (Respect for Emergency Services Volunteers) Bill 2016. The proposed legislation is poorly drafted and dangerous. It provides no insight as to which emergency [...]
AV 040 August 2016 How are you travelling? Upcoming AEAV Mental Health Forums There are two "How are you travelling?" meetings to be held on Tuesday 4th October 2016 and Thursday 6th October 2016. Details are: Melbourne: Tuesday, 4th October 2016 1900 hrs at the AEA-V Office 117-131 Capel Street, North Melbourne Meeting [...]
AV 039 September 2016 Provisional Important Notices The Union would like to inform members of a number of provisional improvement notices (PIN) which have been issued by Health and Safety Representatives. Paul Bellman, MICA SRU Paramedic, from Wodonga, issued a PIN on a recent policy change by AV to single respond MICA SRU Paramedics [...]
AV 038 August 2016 Outcome of EA Vote 98.76% YES Please find below results from the ballot on the AV Enterprise Agreement 2015 (Agreement) Variation:Yes votes = 98.76%No votes = 1.24%This is a fantastic result with a record majority of Ambulance Victoria employees voting in favour of the Agreement.The terms and [...]
AV 037 August 2016 How are you travelling? Upcoming AEAV Mental Health Forums There are two "How are you travelling?" meetings to be held on Wednesday 7th September 2016 and Monday 12th September 2016. Details are: Gipplsland: Wednesday, 7th September 2016 1830 hrs at the Sale Hospital (rear the [...]
AV 036 August 2016 Enterprise Agreement: Compounding Effects of Wage Increases So that members can fully understand the benefits of the wage rises during the term of the varied enterprise agreement, it is important to look at the compounding effect of the wage increases. For example ALS and MICA paramedics were [...]
AV 035 August 2016 Enterprise Agreement: Voting Begins Today, 08 August 2016, the ballot opened for the vote for the 2015 Ambulance Victoria Enterprise Agreement Variation. Members will have the opportunity in the next two weeks to endorse the variation electronically via telephone or email. If members experience any issues with [...]
AV 034 August 2016 Stand down from duty Recently a number of members have contacted the Union after having been stood down from duty by Ambulance Victoria management. While it would be inappropriate to discuss the detail of this matter at this stage, the Union can assure members that we are [...]
Dispatch Reform and Meal Breaks/Overtime The Union acknowledges the significant amount of work going into dispatch reform by Ambulance Victoria. Many of our members have been involved in this process which will no doubt bring significant improvements to ambulance response times and service to the community. However, recently members have raised concerns about [...]
How are you travelling? Upcoming AEAV Mental Health Forums There are two "How are you travelling?" meetings to be held on Wednesday 3rd August 2016 and Monday 8th August 2016. Details are: Gipplsland: Wednesday, 3rd August 2016 1830 hrs at the Sale Hospital (rear the old Chest Unit), 155 Guthridge Pde, Sale [...]