NPANZ | Bullying Webinar Part 2

Q: What legal support is available?

Our expert industrial advocate and legal support team are considered to be some of New Zealand's best. We provide industrial support for a variety of workplace issues including Collective Bargaining (coming soon), industrial disputes, pay disputes, bullying and more. Most importantly, we guarantee a resolution of your issue.

Bullying In Nursing Webinar - Part 2

In 2023 NPANZ conducted a survey among New Zealand nurses, revealing a staggering 98.92% prevalence of workplace aggression/bullying and highlighting the profound impact on nurses. As a result of this survey, the NPANZ team commissioned an international expert Allan Halse (Culturesafe) to join them via a webinar to discuss the current issues nurses and other healthcare workers face regarding bullying behaviour in the workplace and how to deal with it.

During the webinar, the NPANZ team discussed the link between bullying and the Health and Safety in Work Act 2003.
In this next webinar in this series, we will consider the personal impact of bullying on nurses and share tips on how to practically manage bullying via real-life case-studies

Join NPANZ Secretary Chris Dekker and NPANZ Organiser Colette Boddie for this 2–hour webinar that promises to be informative, healing and intuitive.

Colette is a Nursing Union Organiser with the NPANZ. She advocates for nurses' rights, negotiates better working conditions, and leads campaigns on key issues like safe staffing and workplace safety. She previously worked with the NZNO and has hands-on experience in acute and rural nursing. Colette is dedicated to supporting and empowering nurses across New Zealand.

Colette Boddie

NPANZ Organiser

Chris was frustrated by the inactivity of the traditional unions, he's eager to play a pivotal role in bringing about positive change for medical professionals. He brings valuable experience in governance and has an impressive track record of organising and executing several campaigns.

Chris Dekker

NPANZ Secretary

The Nurses' Professional Association of New Zealand (NPANZ) is a union whose principal purpose is to protect and promote the interests of members in matters concerning their employment or professional engagement. No membership fees are used to support any political party, so we are able to source and/or provide representation for all members, on all issues, better than our competitors.

NPANZ supports:

Restructuring healthcare to focus on patient care above all.
Decentralising hospitals away from the current bureaucrat-heavy system to one that puts hospitals back in the hands of front-line healthcare workers.
Preventing the erosion of the nursing scope of practice.
Making it easier for nurses to speak out publicly without fearing for their registrations.
Work with the Ministry of Health and private employers to ensure nurses are receiving their minimum entitlements (including workplace safety, discrimination, industrial disputes, payroll issues & more).

NPANZ remains fully committed to defending your right to perform your work without unnecessary interference from Government bureaucrats and respects the enormous amount of education undergone to achieve this right.

Are we a registered trade union?

Yes NPANZ is a registered trade union!

Are you run by nurses?

The NPANZ executive structure is different to other competitors. Our elected executive consist of a President, Vice-President and Treasurer who must all be nurses, these executive members make all policy decisions for NPANZ.

The Secretary is appointed by the executive under the constitution and does not make policy decisions. Instead, the Secretary sees to the day-to-day operations of the organisation on behalf of the executive.

When we say "Run by Nurses for Nurses" we mean it.

What legal support is available?

Collective agreement/bargaining

We guarantee strong advocacy on workplace policy, procedures and system changes. You are entitled to appoint one of our NPANZ representatives to the bargaining table to negotiate your Collective Agreement.

If you have a Collective Agreement that you would like us to bargain for you, please check the "Collective Bargaining Representation Request" section of your member dashboard. Once there, please check our list of Agreements we're currently negotiating and appoint us as your bargaining agent or complete the representation request form.

The Nurses' Professional Association of New Zealand (NZ NURSES UNITED INCORPORATED NZBN: 9429051135430) is a union whose principal purpose is to protect and promote the interests of members in matters concerning their employment or professional engagement. No membership fees are used to support any political party, so we are able to source and/or provide representation for all members, on all issues.

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Bullying In Nursing Webinar - Part 2

Meet our Panel:

Colette Boddie

NPANZ Organiser

Chris Dekker

NPANZ Secretary

What we believe

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