Community Caring Pty Ltd is facing a brace of s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers at 11.30am (Dignon and Morris).
July 18, 2017
Life Without Barriers will front up at 4.30pm to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by Ezea.
July 18, 2017
An employee of a care home allegedly photographed residents without their consent and shared the image with her fellow co-workers on social media, police said. The alleged incidents came to light when a staff member came forward about the conduct of five fellow colleagues.
July 14, 2017
It was ironically running a deli in Sydney during the 1980s that confirmed the importance of nursing for Veronica “Ronnie” Croome, who is retiring as the ACT’s Chief Nurse today. She took on the small business in Eastwood during a four-year sabbatical from nursing and found the qualities imbued through nursing had held her in good stead. “The delicatessen was quite successful and I think the reason for that is because people have a level of respect and trust in nurses,” she said. “So once your customers know you’re a nurse, they know that you’re going to be honest and trustworthy; that you’ve got good hygiene standards and it was a pretty exciting thing to do but hard work.” Ms Croome ended up selling the business and happily returning to nursing. She retires from the profession after 43 years as a nurse, the last almost nine years as the ACT’s Chief Nurse, providing leadership to nurses and midwives in Canberra; advising the minister and director-general and sitting on committees to foster the calling.
July 14, 2017
Security officers at several Sydney hospitals are fighting plans that would force them to wear a suit, which they say is “inappropriate and restrictive”. Seventeen guards at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital have unanimously voted against Sydney Local Health District’s (SLHD) plans to roll out new security uniforms, saying they need functional clothing to do their jobs, which often involve restraining violent patients and visitors. “The suits are inappropriate and restrictive and it’s not like an ice addict is going to wait for you, like you can say: ‘Hold on a minute, let me take off my suit jacket so I can restrain you,’ ” said Ron Pike, a Health Services Union organiser who has worked as an RPA security officer for seven years. SLHD’s chief executive Teresa Anderson said the new uniforms were part of a bigger strategy to create a safe and secure environment for patients. She said the current “police-style” uniforms had a “paramilitary flavour”, which may intimidate some patients, especially those who are sensitive to their surroundings. “You might be sick with sepsis, get delirium and your behaviour might escalate. We want to have an environment where the officers can de-escalate issues in a quiet and calm way,” she said. “The old uniform with large boots is very police like, and our security staff are not police, they don’t need to have that style in terms of the work they do.” She said they had trialled several designs over the past couple of years and settled on a “breathable, flexible, wool-blend” suit that exuded a “quiet authority”. The suits will soon be seen at SLHD’s five hospitals – RPA, Concord, Canterbury, Balmain and Sydney Dental hospitals.
July 14, 2017
The Islamic Society of Victoria is accused via a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) of dispatching with the services of Abou-Eid in a manner contrary to accepted procedures.
July 14, 2017
Nib health funds ltd is to defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) lodged by staffer Smith.
July 14, 2017
An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Rule 7 (FWC) – Directions on procedure) will be determined by Deputy President Kovacic in his ACT chambers at 2pm.
