A lovely thread!

I too pay tribute to the valuable work you all do. I wish you well and hope dearly that your value is realised in dollars and cents.

All the best!!

Cakers I read your post on another thread!!
Whilst I hope the advice you received is valid, please be careful!. Equity courts and tax spies are not what you need. I was once an employer who tested the water, and lost.
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Lo! a site all in this thread may be interested to read.
http://cpd.org.au/node/4438
The language may perhaps be academic but read carefully is important!!
There is a forum and all could/should perhaps contribute.
fluff4

Aime and Fluff4

My new 'niche' is nigh and I thank you, Aime, for your well wishes and indeed anyone here with words of encouragement as it has helped. I did an aged care RN agency shift last night and even though I ran out of time to get things done before 'home time', I still approached each and every older person with a big smile and wishes for a nice day. There you go, I feel valued by the residents (their cheery responses), and I know when I leave each room I have left just a little bit of my caring self and 'made a difference'. I love my work and yes, in the end the dollar per hour value isn't the be all and end all since job satisfaction and love of the job ought to come first. Hey....Nurses Are Worth Listening Too. I've that somewhere before.

As a “CONSTITUTIONALIST” I look at matters differently then most do.
My latest book published on 27-5-2007 about the deceptive judgment of the High Court of Australia of 14 November 2006 about WorkChoices sets out what was wrong with that judgment. We were all conned.
See my blog at http://au.360.yahoo.com/profile-ijpxwMQ4dbXm0BMADq1lv8AYHknTV_QH and see also website; http://schorel-hlavka.com.

While in 1946 the Federal Government obtained the constitutional right to deal with hospital benefits, medical services, etc, it has however ongoing failed to ensure that there is sufficient funding for this. The States lost their powers about this in 1946! As such, blaming the States is a useless exercise.
While the States can still dictate workers conditions (see my blog) the appropriate funding is a Commonwealth responsibility.
My wife (74) made clear she would never want to end up in a nursing home, where her late husband died many years ago, because of the lack of proper care. After I filed formal complaints (having been the attorney for my wife’s late husband) the nursing home was closed down. There was simply insufficient staff to appropriately care for the people in care in that nursing home. In my view, nothing to do with wages but rather to do with nursing homes being in private hands geared to the maximum to make profits and by this both the nurses and the elderly are suffering as result.
I do not accept it appropriate to expect a nurse to having to work all kinds of night times and weekends without appropriate financial reward. And, my book set out why the 14 November 2006 judgment is NULL AND VOID.
You cannot expect that nurses who are underpaid can give the best to the people in care, as it will affect their ability in performance, regardless if the nurses desire to provide the best care possible.
People must look past the deceptive conduct of the Federal Government to blame the States and hold the Federal Government accountable for its failure to provide appropriate funding so nurses can be paid appropriate remunerations!