A together Union organiser says “a broom needs to be dragged through the Townsville Hospital” following a spate of workplace bullying and harassment claims. Eighteen employees have contacted Together Union during the past six months with bullying allegations. North Queensland organiser Norm Jacobsen said several were suicidal. It is understood the allegations have been made from numerous departments at the hospital and from the Kirwan Health Campus.
November 23, 2016
The Health Services Union and Able Australia Services are in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) legal stoush.
November 23, 2016
The Ngaanyatjarra Health Service (Aboriginal Corporation) is accused of firing a staff member illegally (s.394 – Application for unfair dismissal remedy / Hunter).
November 23, 2016
Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology is facing a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes).
November 23, 2016
CRANES Community Support Programs Ltd is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) instigated by Cotterill.
November 23, 2016
A paramedic attacked by a drunk French backpacker she was trying to treat has read a powerful victim impact statement to the court telling of her ongoing physical and mental pain. The Cairns Magistrates Court has heard Timothee Rousselle, 21, had reportedly downed a bottle of scotch and some cask wine before witnesses later called an ambulance to the Asylum Backpackers in Cairns North on September 28. They began treating him before he attacked paramedic Natalie Fitzgerald, punching her in the face and pulling her from the ambulance before her partner intervened and police arrived. Ms Fitzgerald said she did not “harbour any ill feeling” towards Rousselle, but was suffering the ongoing effects which were impacting her work.
November 22, 2016
Another review of South Australia’s scandal-plagued child protection system has been ordered after the arrest of a residential care worker who has been accused of abusing young children. Education and Child Development Minister Susan Close confirmed the arrest of the man and says while she can’t comment on the individual case an independent legal firm has been engaged to look into the department’s employment and screening processes.
November 22, 2016
The Health Services Union and Australian Red Cross Blood Service have a (s.739 – Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Johns in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne for decision.
