Inner South-West Community Development Organisation is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) filed by ex-staffer Samuel.
September 7, 2016
Patient safety is being compromised due to rosters where doctors work up to 12 days without a break, a former Wairau Hospital doctor says. The New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association (NZDRA) “Safer Hours” campaign is lobbying for DHBs reduce the rostering patterns in hospitals. Nelson Marlborough Health employs 80 resident doctors and the association identified 24 doctors working on three “affected rosters”. One of those rosters, at Wairau Hospital, required doctors to work up to seven consecutive night shifts and 12 days in a row. The health board had recently recruited new doctors at Wairau Hospital to address the issue. Nelson Marlborough Health acting general manager of clinical services Jane Kinsey said the changes meant by the end of November, once all new doctors were in place, the roster would have changed to the one that the NZRDA was asking for. Resident medical officer and NZRDA delegate Dr Liadhan Coakley worked at Wairau Hospital for 15 months, where she said the roster could include four day shifts followed by seven night shifts with two days off. She described the roster as “exhausting”.
September 7, 2016
Hawkesbury Community Outreach Services is dealing with a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) lodged by a staff member (Knott).
September 7, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has approved the Community Health General Dentists Multi-Employer Enterprise Agreement 2015-2017.
September 7, 2016
Hundreds of hospital job cuts in southern Adelaide should come as no surprise to affected staff and unions, the state government says. Health Minister Jack Snelling has confirmed 240 jobs will be cut and more than 100 beds will close in Adelaide’s south by September 2017 as part of Transforming Health reforms.
September 7, 2016
Former Labor MP Craig Thomson says he will continue to fight to clear his name, his first public comment since former Health Services Union colleague Kathy Jackson was charged last week with 70 criminal offences relating to alleged theft and deception. Thomson was the first parliamentarian to be found guilty of contemptuously misleading the House of Representatives over a falsehood-laden defence against claims he stole funds from the HSU to pay for sexual services and political campaigning. He also was fined $25,000 after he was convicted of 13 counts of theft. Thomson said he hoped Ms Jackson’s charges would mean “stories peddled by (her) and her political cronies will be questioned for the first time.”
September 6, 2016
More than 50 workers at an aged care centre in Melbourne’s east are collectively $1.9 million richer, after taking out a division one prize in Saturday’s Tattslotto draw. Staff at Park Lane Residential Aged Care, in Croydon North, have received a huge return on their investment of $2 each. The syndicate of 51 colleagues will individually receive about $37,000. The syndicate leader said she only realised the group had won last night.
September 6, 2016
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – misconduct – s.394 Fair Work Act 2009 – application for unfair dismissal remedy – applicant employed from July 2003 until April 2016 – employed as pathology collector and promoted to collections co-ordinator – according to termination letter, dismissed for failing to follow reasonable directions – applicant not given clear and unambiguous opportunity to respond to reasons for dismissal – respondent’s decision maker not given all information to make decision – Commission found there was lack of procedural fairness and uncertainty regarding respondent’s reasons for dismissal – no valid reason for dismissal – dismissal harsh, unjust and unreasonable – applicant unfairly dismissed – Commission ordered compensation of $27,900. Moore v Specialist Diagnostic Services P/L t/a Dorevitch Pathology
