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An application by Health Services Union (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) is with Commissioner Cribb in Conference Rooms E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 1.30pm.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc. for its St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc. Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2016-2019 has been approved by Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 21 March 2017.

An application for approval of the Goel Nominees Nursing Employees (Aged Care) & ANMF Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Johns.

Elderly residents of a Wellington retirement home were pulled out of bed last night after a stove element was left on, setting off smoke alarms. Around 20 residents were evacuated from a block of the Malvina Major Retirement Village in Johnsonville at around 9.30pm.

A former employee of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare pleaded guilty to a series of corruption-related charges in the Auckland District Court, the Serious Fraud Office said. According to the SFO, 49-year-old Simon William Hall pleaded guilty to one Crimes Act charge of ‘obtaining by deception’ and two charges under Section 8 of the Secret Commissions Act. Hall committed offences while in his role as an area manager based in Auckland and dealing with companies in the Middle Eastern market, the SFO said. The charges relate to payments received by Hall for approving a Saudi Arabian company as a distributor of F&P Healthcare products and a single payment from a Jordanian company to also become a distributor. It is understood that Mr Hall received approximately $213,000 in payments. “The acceptance of rewards outside of an employment contract which prohibits receipt of any commission or payment, is a fraudulent act and unacceptable in New Zealand business whether it is on our shores or being conducted overseas,” said SFO director Julie Read.

Empowered Living Support Services Ltd is involved with a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) instigated by a staff member (Davey).

An application for approval of the Scope Therapists Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Gregory in his Melbourne Chambers.

The Health Services Union and Clinical Laboratories Pty Ltd have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne.