The Gold Coast’s best friend, philanthropist Dr James Wright, is in a fight of his life — again — after he returned from being honoured in Canberra to discover he has bowel cancer. The 89-year-old doctor, whose real name is Dr John F. Knight AM, will become patient again on Friday when he undergoes major surgery at the Sydney Adventist Hospital. “I’m not very pleased about it,” he said yesterday.
February 10, 2017
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Alfred Health have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne.
February 10, 2017
The Health Services Union and Royal District Nursing Service Limited are ‘tooing and froing’ a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne mid morning.
February 9, 2017
Della Lehmann has been informed via a 12 page adjudication that her dismissal from Mary Mackillop Aged Care SA was neither unfair, harsh or unreasonable. Ms Lehmann “shoved” an open bag of faeces and toilet paper in the face of a resident when the resident said “I do not poo”.
February 9, 2017
West Leederville Private Hospital Pty Ltd T/A West Leederville Private Hospital has had its West Leederville Private Hospital Enterprise Agreement 2016 application approved from 15 February 2017.
February 9, 2017
A s.318 (Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) has been launched by the Health Services Union (HSU). The HSU asserts there has been a business transfer between Clinical Laboratories Pty Ltd t/as Healthscope Pathology to Specialist Diagnostics Services Pty Ltd t/as Dorevitch Pathology. Dorevitch submits that a transfer of business did not occur in accordance within section 311 of the Act. Everyone is now discovering each others documents.
February 9, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Armest Pty Ltd T/A Miles Witt Partnership for its Wongaburra – Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Cirkovic.
February 9, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Menarock Aged Care Services (Glen Waverley) Pty Ltd, Menarock Aged Care Services (Upper Ferntree Gully) Pty Ltd, Menarock Aged Care Services (Shepparton) Pty Ltd. T/A Glen Waverley Nursing Home, Sherbrooke Private Nursing Home and Shepparton Aged Care for its Menarock Aged Care Services Group (Glen Waverley, Upper Ferntree Gully and Shepparton Aged Care Facilities only), ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been rubber stamped by Commissioner Roe in Melbourne on the 8 February 2017.
