North Nicola, Buchan James
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Policy Polit Nurs Pract. 2009 Nov;10(4):259-68. doi: 10.1177/1527154409359329.
This article considers the impacts on organizations of a new national employment agreement for nurses in New Zealand. In the 1980s, local employer bargaining replaced national awards. As nurses' employment conditions deteriorated, in 2004 that trend was reversed with a new national agreement between the nurses' union and the public sector health boards. Qualitative information was collected and analyzed from two employers covered by the agreement and from five nongovernment organizations not party to the agreement. In the organizations studied, there was evidence of winners and losers within and between organizations, flow-on effects on other groups of nurses not represented by the union and on other employee groups. Although impacts on public sector nursing workforces were generally positive, some imbalances and unintended consequences arose from the agreement. Differing experiences and perspectives of a national pay agreement largely reflected local nurse market conditions.
本文探讨了新西兰一项新的全国护士就业协议对各组织的影响。在20世纪80年代，地方雇主谈判取代了全国性薪酬裁定。随着护士就业条件的恶化，2004年，护士工会与公共部门卫生委员会达成了一项新的全国协议，扭转了这一趋势。从协议涵盖的两家雇主以及五家未加入该协议的非政府组织收集并分析了定性信息。在所研究的组织中，有证据表明组织内部和组织之间存在赢家和输家，该协议对工会未代表的其他护士群体以及其他员工群体产生了连锁反应。虽然对公共部门护士劳动力的影响总体上是积极的，但该协议也产生了一些不平衡和意外后果。全国薪酬协议的不同经历和观点在很大程度上反映了当地护士市场状况。
