TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – misconduct – s.394 Fair Work Act 2009 – applicant employed as Operations Assistant to the Director of Operations at the Salvation Army conference and recreation centre in Collaroy, New South Wales – dismissed for serious misconduct – dismissal based on three instances of alleged aggressive and intimidating behaviour – applicant failed to comply with reasonable directions during investigations – behaviour inconsistent with code of conduct – conflicting evidence over alleged instances of misconduct – much of applicant’s evidence was an attempt to reconstruct events and circumstances – Commission preferred respondent witnesses’ evidence in case of conflict – found serious misconduct proven – held valid reason for dismissal based on pattern of unacceptable conduct – found no procedural unfairness – case did not involve unsatisfactory performance – applicant had been employed for six years – workplace required higher standard of conduct and behaviour than might otherwise be expected in general community – held valid reason for dismissal – dismissal not harsh, unreasonable or unjust – application dismissed. Nakasone v Salvation Army
June 1, 2017
A s.739 (Dispute resolution) application by Bradley Davidson against Health Communication Network T/A Medical Director has resulted in Deputy President Asbury in Brisbane on 30 May 2017 ruling that Mr Davidson’s work in information technology is covered by the clerks award and not the professional employees award 2010.
June 1, 2017
A man has been arrested after a Melbourne surgeon was bashed at the hospital he worked at and left fighting for his life. Heart surgeon Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann is the victim of the one punch assault at Box Hill Hospital.
June 1, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by St John of God Health Care Inc T/A St John of God Health Care for its St John of God Health Care – AMA WA – Medical Practitioners Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Commissioner Johns in Melbourne on 31 May 2017.
June 1, 2017
The Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) says it has revised its escalation protocols amid complaints from staff that attempts to ease worsening bed shortages through the use of emergency codes are being ignored by management. But the nurses union says it is yet to see the details of the new measures. On Monday, the hospital’s emergency department (ED) was at triple its capacity – with 75 patients waiting. Requests by RHH staff to use emergency codes were again rejected by senior management, the Labor Opposition revealed in State Parliament on Wednesday. ED staff attempted to call a “code yellow” emergency code on three occasions because it could not manage patient flow, but were denied. Code yellow denotes an “internal emergency”.
June 1, 2017
A worker has been sacked after the TGA issued a nation-wide recall of Roche Products’ diazepam, because the relaxant had been swapped out for different drugs at a Sydney distribution centre.
June 1, 2017
A medical worker is fighting for life after being bashed outside a Melbourne hospital during an argument. The man in his 40s was walking into the Box Hill Hospital on Tuesday night when an argument broke out between him and another man, who bashed him before fleeing, Victoria Police say. He was a staff member at the hospital and at his family’s request no further information will be provided, an Eastern Health spokeswoman said.
June 1, 2017
A woman has suffered second and third degree burns in a fire which broke out in nursing home in Tamworth on Tuesday night. Emergency services were called to Nazareth House off Manilla Rd at Oxley Vale to reports of a blaze about 8.30pm. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in one of the bedrooms. A 55-year-old resident suffered second and third degree burns to 15 per cent of her body including her face and arms, police confirmed. She was assessed by paramedics and taken to Tamworth hospital.
