Nurses outline reasons for benchmarking rejection

Nurses have outlined their reasons for rejecting the benchmarking process in favour of lodging pay claims with the Health Service Executive.

Nurses outline reasons for benchmarking rejection
Fri, 24 Mar, 2006 - 13:30

Nurses have outlined their reasons for rejecting the benchmarking process in favour of lodging pay claims with the Health Service Executive.

Speaking at a press conference today, David Hughes of the Irish Nurses Organisation said nurses would take 21 years to achieve the same pay as unqualified childcare workers under benchmarking.

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