Food Services – Draft Proposed Roster

Food Services – Draft Proposed Roster

Thursday 14 May, 2026

Earlier this year HSU members in Food Services at Maitland Hospital overwhelmingly called for a new roster. We are now pleased to say that, in a short amount of time, HealthShare management have worked diligently to provide the attached DRAFT PROPOSAL for members consideration. The unconfirmed minutes from the last USCC held on 5 May are also attached. 
 
Please click here to view the correspondence:

Main points for members information:

  • Drop down roster
  • Reduction in rostering of seven consecutive days
  • Period of four consecutive weekends on, occurs once every 10 months

From here, HSU delegates and Organiser will be speaking with members and gathering feedback. If the prosed roster goes ahead, it will look to be on a trial basis for three months, with a possible extension. Please keep in mind this is a proposed draft, and no go live date or trial date has been confirmed. Once consensus has been reached by members, HSU members will know next steps.
 
The proposed draft only affects members who are full time or on 32 hours per week contracts.
 

For any questions or to find out more, please reach out to your delegates, your HSU Organiser Matt Ramsay at matthew.ramsay@hsu.asn.au or your Member Services Division on 1300 478 679.
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