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AV 010 March 15, 2018 Discrimination Against Pregnant Women in AV Today, a year after Ambulance Victoria celebrated 30 years of women in Ambulance, pregnant Referral Service Triage Practitioners (RSTP) on safe duties are being denied the same allowances as the rest of their workmates while performing the same work. [...]

AV 008 March 16, 2018 Medication Disclosure The union has recently been contacted by members regarding the requirement to disclose medication which may impair function to your Team Manager as part of Ambulance Victoria’s Alcohol and other Drugs Policy. Ambulance Victoria presently has no policy or procedure regarding the confidential [...]

AV 007 March 9, 2018 Rural Spares & Travel Allowance The Union has recently been contacted by many paramedics regarding the travel allowance and its application to rural paramedics who are rostered “Spare”. The travel allowance clause of the Agreement provides as follows: 26.22     Travelling Allowance An employee, other than [...]

AV 006 February 22, 2018 Industrial Update February 2018 There are presently a number of on-going industrial matters. Please see below for a summary. National Patient Transport (NPT) Negotiations are continuing with the employer seeking to remove paid meal breaks, reduce shift allowances and offering wage increases in line with CPI [...]

AV 004 February 5, 2018 How are you travelling? Upcoming AEAV Mental Health Forums - Melbourne & Sale, Gippsland - The forthcoming “How are you travelling?” meetings for February to be held in Sale & Melbourne will be held on: Gippsland: Thursday, 8th February 2018 1830 hrs at the Sale [...]

AV 003 January 10, 2018 Metro East Roster Trials Several branches in Metro East are trialling new rosters which includes shifts of 10 and 12 hour duration. Some of those shifts have been finishing at midnight.  Also some afternoon shifts on weekends have been finishing at 0200 hours. Teams are [...]

AV 002 January 9, 2018 How are you travelling? Upcoming AEAV Mental Health Forums - Sale, Gippsland - The forthcoming “How are you travelling?” meeting for January to be held in Sale will be held on: Gippsland: Monday, 15th January 2018 1830 hrs at the Sale Hospital (rear the old Chest Unit), 155 [...]

AV 001 January 3, 2018 Rural Senior Relieving Paramedic Trial MOU The union and Ambulance Victoria have reached agreement to trial Rural Senior Relieving Paramedics (RSRP). The trial will operate from roster block 278 commencing 12 February 2018. Paramedics who accept a secondment as a RSRP will have the following [...]

AV 049 December 21, 2017 Fair Work Commission Matters The Union has a number of up-coming matters listed for conciliation in the Fair Work Commission. National Patient Transport (NPT) The Union alongside the ANMF have conciliation on 15 and 22 January 2018 with NPT to progress enterprise bargaining negotiations. NPT [...]