Pay parity for aged care nurses is up to the govt: Health NZ

Pay parity for aged care nurses is up to the govt: Health NZ
Health NZ CEO Margie Apa wants to build relationships. (Photo: BusinessDesk)
Jenny Ruth
The pay parity issue besetting the aged care sector is up to the government to solve because the new national Health New Zealand organisation doesn’t have the money, chief executive Margie Apa told an industry conference.“Pay parity is one of the major workforce issues that sits between us. To be blunt, we’re not funded to provide pay parity at the moment,” Apa told the NZ Aged Care Association/Retirement Villages Association conference in Christchurch on Tuesday.“It’s certainly not something we can afford wi...

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