Fighting to keep overtime
September 20, 2012
PHARMACISTS deserve to be paid
compensation for after hours work,
according to the latest APESMA
submission to the Senate Review
on penalty rates.
According to APESMA demolishing
penalty rates will do nothing to
attract “bright Australians” to the
profession and maintain pharmacists’
reputation for professionalism.
“APESMA is fighting to retain the
lawful penalty rates that
professional pharmacists deserve
for their hard work,” said CEO of
APESMA Chris Walton.
“Many pharmacists depend on
penalty rates to meet their weekly
expenses and plans for the future,”
he added.
Walton went further to defend
penalty rates, arguing that they are
not the reason that some
Australian pharmacies are facing
financial difficulties.
Instead, Walton agreed with Kos
Sclavos, President of the Pharmacy
Guild of Australia’s suggestion that
the most likely culprit for pharmacy
bankruptcies is increasing rents.
“Landlords and rents are reason
1, 2, 3 and 4, as to why pharmacies
have got into trouble,” Sclavos said.
Walton continued with his case,
saying that at present Australia has
a “proven culture of underpaying
professional pharmacists”.
“We cannot let Australian
pharmacists receive even less for
their hard work,” he said.
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