#industrial-relations

#industrial-relations

The case comes after 200 psychiatrists threatened to resign in January, saying it was not about the money but being unable to continue working in a system causing them moral injury, knowing they were providing substandard care to their patients when one in three permanent psychiatrists positions were vacant. The doctors' union, the Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation (Asmof), representing the psychiatrists against NSW Health, argued the special levy was necessary to avoid the collapse of psychiatric care in the state.

"The mayor has to intervene. He keeps telling us to return to the negotiating table - well, if he invites us to a meeting, we will attend. "Our members are not asking for a king's ransom. We want progress towards recognition about the impact of shift work. "We are not asking for an immediate drop from a 35-hour week to 32. We have been discussing this since 2018 and we are open to discussions."

The Labour Court has told lawyers it is facing a "severe impact" on its operations after the Department of Public Expenditure "blocked" the reappointment of a senior official, leaving it running at one-third capacity. Legal professionals working in the area of employment law were told in a statement this afternoon that there would be "serious delays to [the court's] hearing of individual employment rights cases" and to the resolution of industrial relations disputes, starting this week.