QNCH Membership Application Form

1. Eligibility requirements

QNCH's rules have two levels of membership for QNCH:

General membership (nurses, midwives that get voting rights); and
Affiliate members (other public healthcare workers that still get representation and services).

The next questions determine your eligibility to the four criteria for membership with QCNH:

Calling (i.e. role / profession);
Public Service (including prospective or historic);
Whether you can "conveniently belong" to a current register organisation; and
Contribution criteria (membership fees to keep QCNH's services reliable).

First name*

Last name*

Public Sector Employee Criteria (2 of 4) Which of the following statements are genuinely true for you:

Conveniently Belonging Criteria (3 of 4) Why do you feel you can not conveniently belong to a currently Registered Organisation (e.g. QNMU) that would represent your industrial interests according to the purpose of the IR Act? Tick all that apply, or add "OTHER"

They deny me my freedom of association and right to organise

They fail/failed to consult on my behalf

The price they charge is unjustified and inconvenient and I believe there needs to be economic competition

The alternative Registered Organisation is partisan, and I want political freedom in workplace representation

The alternative Registered Organisation is often too influenced by the employer (e.g. State of Queensland)

The alternative Registered Organisation fails/failed to represent my industrial interests

Being forced to belong with only one Registered Organisation without diverse choice would be inconvenient

The alternative Registered Organisation has conflicts of interest with employers or senior management

Other

Contribution Criteria (4 of 4) Are you currently an up-to-date financial member of a Red Union (e.g. NPAQ, NPAA, AMPS)?

Membership Register Details
The IR Act says QNCH must record in the members register the name, residential address, and the day that they someone became a member.

Phone number*

Best contact number

Registered Address*

Please disclose your full residential address.

*If living abroad, disclose your Qld home address if it still exists.
** If you have no residential address, please give a residential address at which you would receive letters.

Mandatory Disclosure

The IR Act requires QNCH to notify you of your financial obligations, resignation rights, and membership outlined below.

1. Financial obligations (AKA Contribution Criteria)

Red union members

QNCH offer free membership to current financial members of a red union association (i.e. NPAQ, NPAA, AMPS). There are no other financial obligations where a member is a financial member of a red union association.

Non-red union members

If a QNCH member wishes to join without being a financial member of a red union association, they will have to pay an amount prescribed to an account approved by QNCH's Ordinary Resolutions Committee.

2. Resignation rights

Any QNCH member may resign as a member by expressing an intention to resign to QNCH's Grand Secretary email, whether directly or via hotline@redunion.com.au.

If a member resigns from another red union association without ensuring Contribution Criteria will be met to QNCH, then they may be taken to have resigned by QNCH.

3. Membership

QNCH members will be entitled to representation by QNCH, its lawyers, industrial officers, agents, and advisors, much of which will be provided by the Red Union Group.

The date of membership will be taken to be when:

(1) QNCH has confirmed eligibility of a member, including the Contribution Criteria; and

(2) the member has confirmed they have been provided with the financial obligations and resignation rights information above.

4. Privacy Notice
The Industrial Relations Act gives permission to the Registrar of the QIRC, employers, and registered organisations to access member registers. The information will also be used confidentially by QNCH's agents and officers in order to provide services.

QNCH rules are hosted by NPAA and can be requested from hotline@npaaservices.org.au.

Ticket name*

Ticket description*

Email Address