The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Mercy Hospital for Women (Werribee Campus) are debating a (s.739 – Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 4.30pm.
May 18, 2017
More than 70 hospital staff will finish at a Gold Coast hospital on Friday, some receiving as little as two days’ notice. Healthe Care yesterday announced it would let 75 employees go when the Gold Coast Surgical Hospital at Varsity Lakes closes it doors this week. Staff were told of the decision late on Monday. Healthe Care officially took over the hospital’s parent company, Pulse Health, yesterday afternoon.
May 18, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation for its Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA branch) Employees Agreement 2017 has been agreed by Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Melbourne on 17 May 2017.
May 18, 2017
Ambulance Tasmania paramedic Lauren Hepher has clocked off from a 14-hour overnight shift. In eight hours, she will start again. “It’s been pretty busy,” Ms Hepher said. “We are experiencing a really busy period and we haven’t hit the peak of the winter flu season yet so that is quite concerning.” Ms Hepher is also the president of the Ambulance Employees Sub-branch of the Health and Community Services Union (HACSU). She is concerned about the workload for Tasmanian paramedics, which she said was affecting health and morale of staff. HACSU said when the next fortnightly roster for the southern region came out this week, there were 20 vacant paramedic shifts — and that was before anyone called in sick.
May 18, 2017
The findings of the 2016 Aged Care Workforce Survey have been released today and paint a picture of an industry plagued by stress, insecure hours, and inadequate pay.
May 17, 2017
Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd and Health Services Union & Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation are involved in a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) before the Fair Work full bench in hearing room 1 in Canberra at 1pm.
May 17, 2017
Uniting Care Wesley Bowden will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner Hampton in his Adelaide chambers (Fowler).
May 17, 2017
A coronial inquiry into the deaths of two stroke patients at the Royal Adelaide Hospital may not be possible due to a lack of information being provided by SA Health — with one of the deaths not even being reported, the state coroner has said. Staffing levels at the RAH were questioned by the state Opposition over the weekend after it was revealed the hospital’s only two specialist stroke surgeons were on holidays at the same time. Staff were forced to find another specialist for two patients who were admitted to hospital and required surgery during April. Both patients died and the matter was referred to the coroner. But coroner Mark Johns said he only found out about the second death through the media.
