Stif Sekirski has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that he was unfairly dismissed by Scope (Vic) Ltd. Mr Sekirski worked as a Disability Support Worker. His employment was terminated on the grounds of serious misconduct.
March 3, 2017
A s.394 (Unfair dismissal) application by Lynne Sneesby against Farragher Support Services Pty Ltd has been tossed out by Deputy President Gooley because she failed to follow through on his information requests.
March 2, 2017
A pioneer in the aged care residential care sector has died. Betty Amsden, 90, died at home this week.
March 2, 2017
Jia Qi Yan has won her unfair dismissal claim against Spotless Facility Services Pty Ltd T/A Spotless. The matter was heard over four days. Brendan Edghill, Senior Industrial Officer from the Health Services Union NSW and Mr David Bray, NSW Manager – Workplace Relations at the Australian Industry Group, were granted leave to appear pursuant to s.596(2)(a) of the Act. In January 2016, Spotless commenced providing catering and other services to the Rehabilitation and Disability Support Network operating the Royal Rehab facility at Morrison Road in Ryde, Sydney. Ms Yan commenced employment as a Personal Food Assistant for Royal Rehab on 3 March 1998. She injured her elbow whilst at work, she continued to perform her full range of duties until November 2015, when some restrictions were placed on the duties she could perform. She was subsequently stood down and directed to undertake a ‘functionality assessment’ by a physiotherapist. She was subsequently, after an assessment meeting dismissed by letter. Fair Work has issued an order for reinstatement with continuity of service together with an amount of twelve weeks’ salary.
March 2, 2017
Regis Aged Care Pty Ltd is facing a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Commissioner Booth in Conference Room A in Brisbane at 10am (Bernasconi).
March 2, 2017
A woman who tripped while climbing stairs at a regional Queensland hospital has been awarded $1.6 million in damages for her injuries. Amelia Anne Covey, who worked as a physiotherapist at the Charters Towers Hospital in the state’s north, suffered neck and arm injuries during the fall in May 2010. Two engineers told the Supreme Court in Townsville the vertical gaps between steps on the staircase were inconsistent and outside tolerances allowed in the building code. They said her stumble was consistent with what could happen when heights of staircase risers varied too much. Ms Covey, now 34, said she continued to suffer regular pain and headaches since the fall. She had been climbing up the staircase when she tripped.
March 2, 2017
A s.189 (Arrangement for conduct of an election) lodged by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has been approved by Mr Enright in Melbourne on the 28 February 2017.
March 2, 2017
The only doctor in a rural town in Western Australia’s Mid West has warned of a risk to residents’ health after repeated outages caused her to discard vaccines and medication. Residents of Mullewa, an inland town almost 500 kilometres north-east of Perth, have experienced seven extensive outages since November. The longest, according to Western Power, lasted 14 hours. Representatives of Western Power and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services this week met with about 100 members of the Mullewa community.
