Three Townsville Hospital and Health Service staff have been stood down as part of an ongoing investigation into workplace bullying and harassment. In October last year it was revealed staff concerns over a “toxic” work environment had left some employees suicidal and seeking psychological help. Since then, 26 staff members have come forward, including Jodi Miller who tried to take her own life twice as a direct result of the bullying. Independent assessors were engaged by the THHS board late last year to review the workplace bullying, with three staff members since suspended with pay. THHS board chairman Tony Mooney could not confirm the positions of those who had been suspended and for how long they had been suspended.
February 6, 2017
Catherine Allan has lost her application to be allowed to appeal an earlier FWC decision that knocked back her unfair dismissal claim against Lane Cove Retirement Units Association Ltd t/a Pottery Gardens Retirement Village.
February 6, 2017
The colleagues of cleaner Linda Morrison can now afford to put tyres on the car or take their kids to the movies. But what is far more important than cash in the pocket is they finally feel respected. Ms Morrison, 63, is one of almost 150 cleaners at Canberra Hospital rewarded with a bonus after having their pay frozen for almost five years. “The cleaners haven’t had a pay rise since June 2012,” she said. “There’s been a lot of pressure on the workers as the cost of living rises. “But to be given this bonus is like winning the lottery. It’s like we have been respected.” Ms Morrison has worked at the hospital for nearly eight years and was one of the United Voice delegates who negotiated the bonus with ACT Health.
February 6, 2017
An application for approval of the Mission Australia Service Delivery Agreement 2016-2019 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Saunders at 8am.
February 6, 2017
The Alliance Care Management as the Trustee for the Abbey Gardens Unit Trust T/A The Trustee for the Abbey Gardens Unit Trust application for its Alliance Care Management Pty Ltd as the Trustee for the Abbey Gardens Unit Trust Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on the 2 February 2017.
February 6, 2017
Nurses working at Princess Margaret Hospital have warned they will boycott the new children’s hospital unless the State Government can prove the lead in water has gone. Australian Nursing Federation State secretary Mark Olson said today that hundreds of nurses had responded to a union survey, in which 95 per cent made it clear they did not want to work at the Perth Children’s Hospital until they were satisfied the lead issue had been completely resolved.
February 6, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the National Health and Medical Research Council for its National Health and Medical Research Council Enterprise Agreement 2016-2019 has been granted by Deputy President Kovacic in Canberra.
February 6, 2017
The doctor who accused his patient of trying to extort money from him after she gave him oral sex in a consultation room has been banned from practising medicine and told he cannot apply to practise again for at least five years. Vipin Lal’s long-term patient, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was cleared of trying to blackmail him after a District Court trial in 2015. A recent judgment from the State Administrative Tribunal led to Dr Lal being struck of the medical register. SAT president Justice Jeremy Curthoys said that “no penalty short of removal from the register is sufficient to mark the disapproval of the conduct, or bring home to Dr Lal, the magnitude of his failings, or adequately protect the public.”
