The $3,000 cash bonuses for the 'heroes of the pandemic' will not offered to nurses in the private and aged care sectors, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has revealed.
Nurses in the private and aged care sector are not eligible for the $3,000 cash bonus announced by the New South Wales government earlier this week.The Premier says the private sector should follow his lead and pay its nurses and midwives the cash bonusIt wants the government to address working conditions
"This is New South Wales taxpayer dollars going towards providing financial support to the heroes of the pandemic," Mr Perrottet said. "It misses the mark completely given the sacrifices that these people undertook, often at a time when we didn't have vaccination," acting general secretary Ms Candish said."So nurses and midwives out of private sector in aged care are really unhappy, they're really disappointed, and it feels like a real devaluing of the work that they've contributed."
"And it allows for patients to receive the care that they deserve, and the government keeps saying 'no'."
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