Nurses and midwives in Australia's largest health system will benefit from a landmark pay bump after an industrial umpire's ruling.
The independent Industrial Relations Commission of NSW found the nearly 70,000 employees were entitled to a pay rise over three years, with a significant hike in the first year backdated to July 2025.
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"The work of nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing are currently undervalued, and they deserve as a result a one-off increase," the commission's president Justice Ingmar Taylor said on Thursday.
"They are essential, integral and irreplaceable to the system's function and effectiveness."
Over a three year period, registered nurses and midwives are set to receive 16 per cent, 18 for enrolled nurses, and a whopping 28 per cent for nursing assistants.
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