NEWS-HR

A joint Application by United Voice and the Health Services Union (s.160 – Application to vary a modern award to remove ambiguity or uncertainty or correct error) is the preserve of Deputy President Booth in Hearing Room 12-1 – Level 12 in Sydney.

The Fair Work Commission has agreed to the s.318 (Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees sought by Relationships Australia Canberra & Region Incorporated.

The Bennett Aged Care Group is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) with Commissioner Hampton in Conference Room 6a – Level 6 in Adelaide at 9.30am (Westerholm).

St John of God Health Care Inc. T/A St John of God Health Care has had its application for the St John of God Health Care Inc. (Victoria) Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 ratified by Commissioner Roe in Melbourne on 16 December 2016.

A former nurse who murdered two elderly patients by injecting them with insulin has been sentenced to at least 27 years in jail. Megan Haines killed 82-year old Marie Darragh and 77-year-old Isabella Spencer at St Andrews Village nursing home at Ballina in May 2014. In the days before Mrs Darragh and Mrs Spencer died, they had made complaints about the standard of care they received from Haines. The 49-year-old was given a maximum sentence of 36 years and will first be eligible for parole in 2041. Justice Peter Garling said Haines abused her position of trust. “Her conduct was deliberate and calculating. It was a gross breach of trust and a flagrant abuse of her power,” he said. “She clearly abused that position of trust. I consider this to be a significant aggravating factor. The court heard that Haines, while watching a crime show with her former partner, had boasted about using insulin to kill a person without being detected.

An application for approval of the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2016-2020 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be reviewed by Commissioner Lee in his Sydney Chambers.

Healthe Care Burnie Pty Ltd T/A North West Private Hospital has had its application for the Healthe Care Burnie Pty Ltd Nurses’ Enterprise Agreement 2016 approved by Commissioner Roe in Melbourne on 15 December 2016.

An application for approval of the Hardi Aged Care Nursing Staff Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is being considered by Commissioner Roe in his Melbourne Chambers today.