TriCare Limited has been served with papers (s.394 – Application for unfair dismissal remedy) by ex-staff member Moody. Commissioner Simpson in the Fair Work Commission Central Plaza Two level 14 66 Eagle Street Brisbane will hear the dispute today at 11am.
December 15, 2016
Jaime Taouk-Saade has failed in her unfair dismissal claim against the Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (DAMEC).
December 15, 2016
The aunt of a 10 year old boy found dead at home in Mackenzie, south east of Brisbane, last year has been denied bail. Jodie Powell, 43, sat in the dock of the Brisbane Magistrates Court with her back to the public gallery this afternoon while her lawyer, Brittany White, applied for bail on her behalf. She has been charged with manslaughter, child cruelty and interfering with a corpse.
December 15, 2016
An application for approval of the Healthe Care Burnie Pty Ltd Nurses’ Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be reviewed by Commissioner Roe in the Fair Work Commission 11 Exhibition Street Melbourne at 4pm.
December 15, 2016
Training programs for Centrelink, Medicare and child support staff have become a priority after the Department of Human Services identified a need for more “robust” options to help its employees deal with aggressive customers. Tender documents show the Department is searching for a new provider of “customer aggression training services” to help thousands of customer service staff de-escalate potential incidents. Employees require “more robust, specific and experiential” options to avoid aggressive situations and give them skills to managing challenging and “risky customer aggression”, the documents said. As part of the training plan, the Department hopes all customer service staff, team leaders and managers will be given strategies to deal with online abuse, physical violence threats and racial abuse. The Department said customer aggression can be triggered by dissatisfaction with services, personal circumstances and decisions made by DHS. While staff have received similar training in the past, dealing with aggressive customers has been listed as a priority in the latest framework review released last year.
December 15, 2016
The Society of Saint Hilarion Inc Aged Care has had its application for The Society of Saint Hilarion Inc Aged Care Sector Employees Enterprise Agreement 2016 approved by Commissioner Johns in Sydney on 13 December 2016.
December 15, 2016
The Health Services Union and Barwon Health are s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) combatants.
December 15, 2016
The strain of salmonella thought to have killed two nursing home residents and caused dozens of others to fall ill has been found in a Wollongong bakery, tests have confirmed. To date, 31 cases of confirmed salmonella have been reported from 10 aged care facilities in the Illawarra, south eastern Sydney and ACT. Two patients have died as a result of the outbreak. The nursing homes involved are either run by Illawarra Retirement Trust or supplied catering by IRT. Last month testing conducted by the New South Wales Food Authority at Bettamaid wholesale bakery in Unanderra came back positive for salmonella.
