Thursday, 12. July 2012, 19:33

The Constitutional Court on its Wednesday closed session adopted the proposal of Deputy of General Attorney to review the constitutionality of the act on minimum wage claims of nurses and midwives. Constitutional Court also granted his request and suspended the force of legal standard, which from April brought higher wages to nurses and midwives. Nurses are disappointed from this decision. 

Friday, 06. July 2012, 16:28

Slovak Trade Union of Health and Social Services, according to its President Anton Szalay, accepts the newly created trade union of nurses. However, unionist cannot agree with the attacks on the Union from the side of Union of Nurses. He noted that the Union fencers the interests of all employees, not only nurses. He does not consider the cleavage of unions as positive, but he announced that if there will be an interest, his Union will negotiate with the new one. For now, according to his words, Union of Nurses and Midwives refused this step.

Thursday, 28. June 2012, 21:12

Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives considers the proposal of General Prosecutor's Office as fabricated and purpose-built. As stated by the President of the Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives Viliam Záborský, if state does not accept the legitimate claims of nurses, they will fight for their rights by using of all possible resources. According to him, if nurses still have to work under such circumstances and if the value system and need of quality health care do not matter, nurses will have to leave.

Thursday, 28. June 2012, 20:29

Act on minimum wage claims of nurses and midwives is on the Constitutional Court. The initiative to review its constitutionality was on Monday filed by the General Prosecutor's Office. Office also wants the Court to temporarily stop the force of law. Prosecution attacks its conception, which is, according to it, not in accordance with the Constitution. Prosecution argues that in order to ensure the constitutionality protection it is necessary to take into account the fact, whether there are real conditions for enforcement of the law or not.

Thursday, 21. June 2012, 15:05

Nurses want due to avoiding of increasing of their wages turn themselves with an incentive to investigate the proceeding of state authorities and some health and non-health institutions to the public protector of rights Jana Dubovcová. The new law should have brought them the higher wages from April 2012. Since the Act entered into force, nurses and midwives experienced several intentions of employers for seeking of the ways how to avoid the fulfilling of the law, thus declaring of the minimum wage claim of nurses and midwives. 

Wednesday, 20. June 2012, 14:21

After nurses also labour inspectors warn that hospitals are not paying nurses their full wages. From eight hospitals visited by inspectors, nurses were deprived of their wages by the management of three institutions – in Brezno, Zvolen and Veľký Krtíš. Directors allegedly did not have any objections to the findings and proposed measures and made an agreement on the deadline of corrections. Nurses, who would like to have their wages paid, have to, however, solve it on the court.   

Wednesday, 20. June 2012, 14:16

Nurses are calling on the Government, Ministries of Labour and Health, as well as Parliament to urgently seek for the solution of stalemate situation, which occurred in connection with the fulfilling of also their wage claims. They also dislike the way of fulfilling of new act, which should have increased their wages from April. Due to the new supplements to the distribution of the duties they therefore do not exclude the initiative to the Constitutional Court for violation of fundamental human rights. They also want to inform the international organizations and ask them for help. 

Friday, 15. June 2012, 15:51

Doctors and nurses refused the preparation of new common law for health care employees, as well as the possible merging of acts on wages of doctors and nurses. As was noted by the head of Medical Trade Union, Peter Visolajský, he does not know anybody concerned, who would be interested in merging of acts. Therefore he appealed to Minister of Health Zuzana Zvolenská to stop the work on common law. President of Slovak Chamber of Nurses and Midwives, Mária Lévyová, approved that nurses are not identified with such plans.

Wednesday, 13. June 2012, 16:49

Ministry of Health issued a statement to the declaration of the Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives, which has accused Ministry of Health of the inaction by problem solving with ensuring the salaries of nurses. Minister according to the statement sees the work of nurses in healthcare as an integral part of providing of health care and stressed on several meetings, that she cares about the financial flows in system to be used for covering of wage needs. Ministry of Health is willing to conduct the constructive dialogue, but, however, refuses any coercive action.

Monday, 11. June 2012, 17:33

Interests of nurses and midwives will be represented by new trade unions in the form of Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives. As the president of the Union Viliam Záborský was chosen, who works as a nurse at bedside in National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Bratislava. Nurses are currently represented by the Slovak Trade Union of Health and Social Services. According to Záborský, the only solution how nurses can fight for their dignified position in the society and to defend their status is the creation of their own trade union.