The New Zealand Nurses' Organisation (Inc) is a registered union and  professional association

 

Our vision: Freed to care, proud to nurse


Consultation requests

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is frequently consulted on, and contributes to, health and social policy.

Input from members is currently being sought on the issues below.

PHARMAC

NZNO regularly responds to Pharmac’s proposals which are available from their website here:  http://www.pharmac.govt.nz/

Hawkes Bay DHB Employer Accreditation

Hawkes Bay District Health Board has applied to the Department of Labour for RENEWAL of Employer Accreditation status.

The objective of accreditation is to allow accredited employers to supplement their New Zealand workforce through the recruitment of workers who are not New Zealand residents and whose talents are required by the employer in their core area of business activities.

While other options are available to employers to recruit offshore, employer accreditation allows for streamlines processing of applications which meet the minimum criteria below.

The key requirements for accreditation are that the business:

  • is financially sound
  • has good work place practices
  • human resource policies and processes of a high standard
  • has a commitment to training and employing New Zealand residents.

All employees recruited under the policy must have a minimum base salary of $55,000 per annum.

The Company has stated they wish to retain its employer accreditation, there is

  • a 'current need to recruit offshore for talented staff'
  • an anticipated 'future need to recruit offshore for talented staff'
  • they are 'seeking accreditation to enable fast track offshore recruitment of talent should the need arise'.

Among the positions it intends to fill are:

  • Allied health social workers
  • laboratory scientists
  • senior doctors
  • registrars
  • house surgeons
  • psychologists
  • surgeons
  • nurses
  • physios
  • speech language therapists.

In determining application for accreditations the Department of Labour consults with relevant unions having site coverage to comment on any concerns they may have regarding the Company’s work place practices, commitment to employing New Zealand.

Feedback to NZNO 

Please comment to NZNO glendaa@nzno.org.nz as soon as possible.

Proposed changes to NZNO Constitution

May 2010

Members are encouraged to view and comment on proposed changes to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Constitution.

Members must be logged in to view these documents.

Please email your feedback and comments to structures@nzno.org.nz prior to the document being finalised by remits at our Annual Conference in September 2010.

Background

The NZNO Board established the Constitution Reference Group at the October 2009 board meeting.

It aims to advise the NZNO board and oversee the development of the new constitution, including the consultation process with membership, on behalf of the board.

The mandate for this group was agreed at the 2009 NZNO AGM conference to include:

the development of a constitution (replacing the current NZNO rule book and empowering the board to govern) and following a robust consultation process with members is adoption by the membership at the 2010 Annual General meeting.

The Constitution Reference Group has been working over the past months to develop the draft empowering constitution.

The board chose to convene a somewhat larger group than the small Structures, Systems and Processes working group who undertook the work prior to Conference 2009 with the inclusion of the independent advisor.