Information sheets
The Union has produced a series of Information Sheets containing basic information on a range of issues and they are available here to members.
Members can also call the QNU Information Hotline on (07) 3840 1419 or toll free on 1800 177 273 for copies of the Information Sheets.
The Information Hotline is open 24 hours a day and uses a voicemail system. When you call, simply leave your name, address and the title of the Information Sheet you require and it will be sent to you by mail on the next working day.
Click on the Information Sheet to open
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Aged Care Sector Series
- Care standards and staffing levels in residential aged care facilities
- Carer's Leave (Family Responsibilties Leave)
- Compulsory reporting of suspected abuse of residential aged care residents
- Inadequate nurse staffing levels and cuts to nursing hours in residential aged care facilities
- Maternity Leave (under review)
- Medication management in residential aged care facilities (under review)
- Parental Leave (Spousal Leave) (under review)
Industrial Series
- The new industrial landscape
- The new modern nurses' award
- The Nurses Award 2010 and your contract of employment
- Your NEW Rights at Work
OH&S Series
- Asbestos exposure
- Heat Stress
- Latex hazard
- Provisional Improvement Notices
- Scabies
- Workers' compensation
- Workplace Health & Safety Committees
- Workplace Health & Safety Representatives
Private Sector Series
- Carer's Leave (Family Responsibilities Leave) (under review)
- Grievance procedure
- Maternity Leave (under review)
- Parental Leave (Spousal Leave) (under review)
- Salary sacrificing
Professional Series
- Enrolled/registered nurses employed as assistants in nursing
- Graduate nurse support
- Making statements
- Preparing a statement for the Coroner
- Professional indemnity insurance
- Student nurses employed as assistants in nursing in acute wards/units
- Know your rights when the police are called
Public Sector Series
- 38-hour week
- Breaks between shifts
- Dealing with pay errors in Queensland Health
- Family responsibilities leave
- Freedom of Information
- Grievance procedures – Queensland Health
- Patient Dependency Systems
- QNU Workload/Bed Management Strategy
- Unsatisfactory performance - Queensland Health
- Work and breastfeeding - Queensland Health

