The UnitingCare NSW.ACT & Health Services Union – New South Wales branch have a s.576(2)(aa)(Promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room 11F – Level 11 in Sydney for a decision.
November 15, 2016
The man accused of murdering South Australian outback nurse Gayle Woodford has again delayed the case. Dudley Davey, 35, is charged over the death of 56-year-old Ms Woodford, who went missing from her Fregon home in March before her body was found in a shallow grave three days later. He appeared in the Port Augusta Magistrates Court on Monday and was expected to answer the charge but he did not enter a plea and the case was adjourned until December 19.
November 15, 2016
MSS Security Pty Ltd & MSS Strategic Medical Pty Ltd and Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union are in a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) before the Full Bench in Chambers in Melbourne.
November 15, 2016
Nurses and midwives in South Australia have called on the state’s senators to help vote down the federal government’s proposed changes to paid parental leave. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has launched an online petition as it campaigns against the coalition’s plans to stop new parents receiving the full 18 weeks of government-funded leave if their employer offers a more generous scheme.
November 15, 2016
Barwon Health has a brace of s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Rooms E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne (Fleeton/Smith).
November 15, 2016
Queensland opposition claims increasing fortnightly overruns in the state’s infamous health payroll system are proof the Palaszczuk government is not managing the issue effectively. Liberal National Party leader Tim Nicholls said his party inherited weekly over and underpayments of about $1.7 million and reduced that to about $600,000. But he said the situation was deteriorating under Labor, with new figures showing the pay cycle was misfiring by about $770,000 a fortnight. “This is a sign of a government that is taking its eye off the ball,” Mr Nicholls said. “Public administration is Labor’s Achilles’ heel.” The executive director of Queensland Health’s payroll portfolio Philip Hood said the department processed about $193 million worth of payments each fortnight.
November 15, 2016
Malanda and District RSL and Citizens Memorial Club Inc. is troubled by a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) foisted on it by A Dickerson.
November 15, 2016
Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd is set to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) launched by ex-employee (Sommer).
