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A s.394 (unfair dismissal) application by Mandy Morrow against MedHealth Pty Limited T/A MedHealth is being kept alive by Commissioner Platt. “I am satisfied that Ms Morrow has completed the required minimum employment period and therefore is a person protected from unfair dismissal under s.382 of the Act, ” he said. The application will be referred to an alternative member of the Commission for consideration of the merits.

Uniting Care Wesley Adelaide Inc will argue a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers (Marlow).

An aged-care home billing itself as “warm and welcoming” breached clinical standards when audited in a surprise government inspection. The 72-bed Ozanam Apartments facility in the ACT suburb of Garran cares for a large number of high-needs residents as well as those with dementia. The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency found the home, operated by Southern Cross Care, failed standards related to clinical management, behavioural management and skin care. Helen Emmerson, the head of care services at Southern Cross Care, said these issues had been fixed immediately and the residence was now up to scratch.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation South Australian Branch for its Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation South Australian Branch Employees Agreement 2017 has been granted by Commissioner Wilson in Melbourne on 8 June 2017.

The total cost of executive-level staff pay packets at ACT Health is expected to reach $8.1 million this year, up about 50 per cent during the past four years. While the rise in the total cost of Canberra’s public health executives was due to increasing executive numbers, it also comes as increasing numbers of the senior staff have headed for the door in recent years.

National Prescribing Service is facing a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) lodged by a staff member (McAllan).

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Central Anaesthetic Group Services Trust T/A Central Anaesthetic Group for its Central Anaesthetic Group Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved.

The Health Services Union and Australian Education Union and Another are supporting a s.576(2)(aa) (Promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes) application.