NEWS-HR

A former employee of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has been sentenced to eight months of home detention for receiving secret commissions from Middle Eastern clients and for deceiving his employer. Simon William Hall pleaded guilty in March to one Crimes Act charge of obtaining by deception and two charges under Section 8 of the Secret Commissions Act laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Hall committed the offences over the course of six years, from 2008 to 2014 while employed as an area manager in Auckland and dealing with companies in the Middle Eastern.

The Health Services Union and Clinical Laboratories Pty Ltd are having a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) stoush in Melbourne.

A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service Inc for its Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service Employees Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 8 June 2017.

An application by Health Services Union (s.319 – Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and non-transferring employees) will also be heard by Commissioner Harper-Greenwell.

An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.319 – Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and non-transferring employees) is the preserve of Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 2 – Level 6 in Melbourne.

Legislation to enact Gayle’s Law, to prevent nurses from working solo in remote areas, will be introduced by the South Australian Government after the murder of outback nurse Gayle Woodford.

Uniting Care Wesley Bowden is set to face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by Fowler.

An application by Regis Aged Care Pty Ltd (s.318 – Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) is also being determined by Fair Work Commissioner Harper Greenwell in Hobart.