TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – application to dismiss by employer – deed of settlement – ss.394, 587 Fair Work Act 2009 – application for relief from unfair dismissal – settlement reached at conciliation – Commission advised applicant of three day cooling off period for settlement – terms of settlement document provided to parties by respondent representative – applicant phoned Commission two days later and advised she needed more time to review draft terms – Commission advised parties matter could only be held for two more days before it would be referred to arbitration – two days later applicant advised Commission she would not sign terms of settlement – arbitration set down by Commission – respondent representative contacted applicant advising settlement was not recanted within three day cooling off period and thus was binding – advised if applicant did not advise she would honour agreement by 12 December 2016 respondent would file objection to application – applicant appointed representative who advised cooling off period extended by Commission and settlement therefore not binding – respondent challenged arbitration on grounds that settlement reached – Commission not satisfied cooling off period extended – Commission not persuaded that agreement reached was only an in-principle agreement and subject to parties reaching agreement on terms of a deed of release – satisfied parties reached agreement by way of binding settlement at conciliation on 25 November 2016 – application dismissed on basis that it had no reasonable prospects of success. Naicker v Genevieve Toop t/a Epworth Freemason
April 7, 2017
St John of God Subiaco and Murdoch hospitals have appointed chief executives. Professor Shirley Bowen will begin at SJOG Subiaco in June. Professor Bowen is currently dean of the school of medicine, Fremantle at the University of Notre Dame Australia, and was director of medical services at SJOG Murdoch Hospital from 2012 to 2014. Ben Edwards will begin at SJOG Murdoch Hospital in April, after a stint as acting chief executive of SJOG Mt Lawley hospital since November. Prior to that role, Mr Edwards led SJGHC’s Transformation Team.
April 7, 2017
Disability services provider Rocky Bay has appointed Martin Wandmaker and Richard Diermajer to its board.
April 7, 2017
UnitingCare West has appointed Amanda Hunt as chief executive.
April 7, 2017
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has appointed a new marketing and communications team to be headed by Kerry Milne.
April 7, 2017
Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency has a new project chancellor-in-chief. Ex-banker Gavin Slater will succeed interim CEO Nerida O’Loughlin as of May 1.
April 7, 2017
The troubled Department of Human Services peace seems further away as public servants there prepare for another round of damaging strikes.
April 7, 2017
An anaesthetist who abandoned his patient mid-operation and then passed out from intoxication has found new employment at Shellharbour Private Hospital. Michal Petr, who had a history of drinking on the job, has not returned to work at Wollongong Hospital since the incident on its premises in May last year. But the NSW Medical Board allowed him to continue practising under certain conditions, including that he worked under supervision, did not participate in any on-call roster and other measures not disclosed “due to privacy considerations”. Shellharbour Hospital does not employ staff doctors, but has given Dr Petr visiting rights as an anaesthetist in the pre-admissions clinic.
