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‘It shouldn’t come to this… enough is enough.’
Frontline workers including pharmacy staff are copping a new surge in abuse from aggressive customers, while the Guild calls for education about new COVID-19 measures The Shop, Distributive and Allied …
The week in review
All eyes turned to the Gold Coast this week as the Guild hosts APP2021, in a bumper week for pharmacy news We heard the latest on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout …
Employers forget CWH lesson on training: PPA
Employers are illegally forcing pharmacists to pay for their own COVID-19 vaccine training, claims the employee pharmacists’ union Professionals Pharmacists Australia has issued a statement saying that it has warned …
The state of pay
A new report has laid bare the anger and frustration that many pharmacists are feeling about their pay and conditions. How can the profession respond? In March 2021, the union …
What’s in it for me?
Pharmacists are increasingly vocal in their complaints about pay and conditions, especially in the community sector Pharmacy has proved its value, indeed its necessity, to the Australian public and government …
The week in review
This week sees a changing of the guard at one of the country’s key pharmacy stakeholders The issue of pay came to the fore this week, as PPA released its …
Chronic understaffing, high stress and low pay
Australia’s pharmacists are unhappy, a new report reveals, with less than a third saying they would recommend it for a career… and nearly another third plan to leave The union …
CWH the ‘worst offender’ on pay: union
The union for employee pharmacists says that Australian discount pharmacy chains are “cutting trained pharmacy staff wages to the bone” Professional Pharmacists Australia has revealed an insight into its Community …
Pharmacy pay: what you said
A selection of reader comments on our recent story on the pharmacy pay issue, plus a look at what the public are saying Our recent story ‘Could poor pay deter …
Could poor pay deter best candidates?
New data confirms that pharmacy graduates are the lowest-paid graduates in Australia, prompting a warning to the sector The union for employee pharmacists has flagged the imminent release of its …
Rural allowances: shooting wide of the target
A new funding program for rural, regional and remote pharmacy misses the mark, with pharmacists claiming they are worse off Just a few days before Christmas 2020, rural, regional and …
Sanctions won’t deter underpayment: union
The union for employee pharmacists has slammed the proposed Fair Work Amendment, saying the changes would be “exceptionally unfair” In its submission to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee Inquiry …