An application for approval of the Banksia Palliative Care Service In. Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is the preserve of Commissioner Roe in his Melbourne chambers today.
April 13, 2017
ACT Emergency Services Agency is facing a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Deputy President Kovacic in his ACT chambers at 4pm (Bourne).
April 13, 2017
An application for approval of the Health and Community Services Workforce Council Inc. Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Saunders in his Sydney chambers.
April 12, 2017
Juliet Garcia loves her job at Switzer Residential Care in Kaitaia, but she couldn’t face it on Saturday. She stayed at home, in tears, fearing that if she stepped outside her door she would be arrested and deported. Ms Garcia and her husband have lived in Kaitaia for 10 years. He worked at Pak’nSave, while she has made a career in aged care. Every year she has renewed her work visa, at some expense but without difficulty, and both have paid for three-yearly health checks. This time her visa renewal has been declined. On Friday afternoon she received a letter from Immigration NZ saying that she had until Sunday to leave the country. Her husband, who is dependent upon her work visa, would have to go too. Their two sons, both of whom had been working, had to return to the Philippines when they reached the age of 21. The declining of Ms Garcia’s work visa has outraged Switzer general manager Jackie Simkins. “She has been a good and valued employee for 10 years,” she said. “She has a Level 3 National Certificate in Residential Care, and the final paper for her Level 4 diversional therapy training has just been couriered to Career Force. That will qualify her to work in the dementia unit, and entitle her to apply for residency under Immigration’s skills list. Telling her to go just doesn’t make sense. “And how can they give her 48 hours to pack up and leave? Her life is here. Her friends and her job are here. Telling her that she has two days to leave is ridiculous.” Ms Garcia has applied for a review of Immigration’s decision, but to do that she must remain in New Zealand, although as of yesterday neither she nor her husband are allowed to work. They have no income, and are afraid to leave their home. Last week the couple booked flights to return to the Philippines to see their second son graduate from university, but will not be going now, for fear of not being allowed back into the country. “That’s disgraceful,” Mrs Simkins said.
April 12, 2017
Australia’s health authorities are scrapping the use of chaperones to oversee doctors accused of serious sexual misconduct after an independent review found it was not protecting patients from abuse. The Medical Board of Australia and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency have revealed they will scrap the system in all but exceptional circumstances.
April 12, 2017
Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd has been summonsed to answer a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Deputy President Lawrence in hearing room 14-2 – Level 14 in Sydney (Holm).
April 12, 2017
An application for approval of the Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2016-2020 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be the preserve of Commissioner Johns in his Sydney chambers.
April 12, 2017
Close to 450 south-west workers were seriously injured enough to make a WorkSafe claim in 2016, representing a drop on previous years. A figure of 443 injured workers combined data from Warrnambool (214), Corangamite (77), Moyne (56) and Glenelg (96) council areas, which previously saw more than 500 claims each year from 2011 to 2014, and 458 in 2015. The highest number of Warrnambool injuries occurred in the health care and social assistance industry and 42 involved musculoskeletal issues, reflecting the statewide trend across regional areas.
