At times there are disagreements between St John and the AEAWA regarding our agreed and negotiated conditions. When these occur Section 38 of our Certified Agreement (Dispute Settling Procedure) is used. Below are the items were a dispute has occurred, and the status of the outcome of that dispute.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA hare not following their own Fatigue Management policies.
Date Raised
22nd August 2025.
Escalation Status
Dispute raised with Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA have added a selection criterion into the upcoming ATO applications. In essence you must be an EMT to respond to emergencies.
Date Raised
22nd August 2025.
Escalation Status
Dispute raised with Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA are deciding when and when they should worry about employee fatigue; in essence if they have no crews, they break their own policies.
Date Raised
22nd August 2025.
Escalation Status
Dispute raised with Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA in our opinion have underpaid our Medic colleagues regarding their Travel Allowance.
Date Raised
22nd August 2025.
Escalation Status
Dispute raised with Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA have decided to change what they have agreed too through the EBA negotiations.
Date Raised
22nd August 2025.
Escalation Status
Dispute raised with Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA have again messed up the progression of our Medic members.
Date Raised
22nd August 2025.
Escalation Status
Dispute raised with Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA through little consultation is proposing to change the Station Officer role and the allowance associated with the role.
Date Raised
22nd August 2025.
Escalation Status
Dispute raised with Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA unreasonably making Ambulance Transport Crews work in excess of 5 hours of overtime.
Date Raised
22nd August 2025.
Escalation Status
Dispute Resolution Process raised formally to Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA new imposed changes to the Country Deployment Guidelines openly discriminates against Station Officers.
Date Raised
22nd August 2025.
Escalation Status
Dispute Resolution Process raised formally to Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA denying officers the ability to transfer TOIL to other roles. The AEAWA believe this is a breech of Section 36 of the St John Ambulance Western Australia Ltd. Patient Transport Services Enterprise Agreement 2023.
Date Raised
3rd September 2024.
Escalation Status
Dispute Resolution Process (38), raised formally and responded to by Brendon Brodie-Hall.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA have been deducting leave hours from numerous employees after a recent Annual Leave audit. Employees have been left with no explanation, of why leave hours have been removed from their balances.
Date Raised
28th August 2024.
Escalation Status
Dispute Resolution Process raised formally to by Brendon Brodie-Hall.
Outcome
Pending.
Dispute
St John Ambulance WA Ltd have not being paying the overtime extension and the SCA concurrently for officers. The AEAWA believe this is a breech of Section 36 of the St John WA Standard Operating Procedure and Policy SOPP-1003 (Time Cards).
Date Raised
3oth July 2024.
Escalation Status
Dispute Resolution Process (38), raised formally to by Carly Rees.
Outcome
Pending.
Below are the disputes that have been settled.
Dispute
27 Vehicles being made permanent post 12-months of operation. The AEAWA believe that due to the longstanding failure of St John to make these vehicles permanent, it breeches Clause 26.6 ‘Introduction of 27 and 47 vehicles of the St John Ambulance Western Australia Ltd Ambulance Officers/Paramedics Certified Agreement 2021.
Date Raised
3rd February 2021.
Escalation Status
Dispute Resolution Process (38), raised formally and responded to by Tara Doyle.
Outcome
Osborne Park 27 and Shenton Park 27 became permanent vehicles.
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