GENERAL PROTECTIONS – costs – ss.365, 375B, 611 Fair Work Act 2009 – application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal – application for indemnity costs – applicant had previously raised numerous allegations of bullying, harassment, discrimination and unfair treatment during her employment – Commission advised General Protections claim had no reasonable prospects of success – s.368 Certificate issued – multiple proceedings – anti-bullying application settled – comprehensive settlement of all known and unknown claims – subsequent General Protections claim lodged – costs sought pursuant to ss.375B and 611 of FW Act – unreasonable act incurring costs – Commission held application frivolous, vexatious and instituted without reasonable cause – application had no reasonable prospects of success – abuse of process – inappropriate behaviour and unacceptable conduct of applicant – principles in respect to costs orders considered [Qantas Airways], [Hamilton James and Bruce] – indemnity costs ordered in rare and unusual circumstances – Commission satisfied costs order should be made against applicant – found indemnity costs appropriate for respondent – respondent directed to file assessment of costs in respect of application – further orders to be made to conclude this application based on Commission’s Schedule of Costs. Fadheel v Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology P/L
July 6, 2017
Patients at a private hospital in Melbourne’s east have been quarantined over a nine-day period after an outbreak of gastroenteritis. Seven patients and a number of staff became sick and a ward was closed, Cabrini Malvern executive director Dr Simon Woods said.
July 6, 2017
The Chief Financial Officer of Paragon Care, Stephen Munday, has resigned for health reasons.
July 6, 2017
Health Services Union and Euroa Health Inc are in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) tussle before Deputy President Hamilton in court 4 & conference room C – level 6 in Melbourne at 11.30am.
July 6, 2017
Bupa Aged Care has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) matter to be determined by Deputy President Hamilton in court 4 & conference room C – level B in Melbourne (Barker).
July 6, 2017
The Health Services Union & Australian Education Union and Another have a s.576(2)(aa) (Promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes) application before Commissioner Roe in conference rooms E & H – level 6 in Melbourne at 10am.
July 6, 2017
A fake doctor working at a Sydney hospital was detected as a fraud but allowed to continue working in the health system, an independent inquiry has been told. The allegation was made by two senior doctors at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, where Indian national Shyam Acharya posed as a doctor called Sarang Chitale from 2006 to 2007. However, the inquiry into the scandal found the allegation could not be substantiated.
July 6, 2017
Retire Australia has appointed Vanessa Fordyce as village manager of the Wood Glen Retirement Village in Erina.
