We recently heard from a Community Mental Health nurse who wasn’t being paid a multi-disciplinary allowance even though they were in charge of a team of nurses and allied health professionals.
The THS first tried to argue they didn’t need to pay the allowance then, after they did agree to pay it, they tried to do so at a lower level. We corrected them and ensured the worker received four years of backpay since their appointment to the position.
Make sure your Christmas pay isn’t going to be light-on this year – if you’re not receiving an MDA and believe you should be, or if you are and believe it's being processed at the wrong level, please get in contact with HACSUassist ASAP to let us know.
