NEWS-HR

Naracoorte Home for the Aged Inc T/A Longridge Aged Care has had its Longridge Aged Care Nursing Employees Enterprise Agreement 2016 application ratified by the Fair Work Commission.

An application for approval of the SwanCare Group Incorporated Health Service Union of Weaster Australia (HSUWA) Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Applciation for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is before Comissioner Harper-Greenwell in his Melbourne Chambers.

Westmead Rehabilitation Hospital Pty Ltd has had its Westmead Rehabilitation Hospital & HSU-NSW Enterprise Agreement 2016-2018 application approved by the Fair Work Commission.

A nurse on the NSW Central Coast is accused of stealing a credit card from a 77-year-old patient and going on a shopping spree. It’s alleged the nurse fraudulently used the woman’s credit card earlier this year to go shopping at a Gosford mall. A 38-year-old woman has been charged with obtaining property by deception after a complaint of theft was lodged, police said.

The Yorke Peninsula Commuity Transport Incorporated Community Service Workers Enterprise Agreement No 01 has finally been approved by Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle.

St Johns Commuity Care Ltd is to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by ex-staffer Lynch.

The Health Care (Robina Private Hospital) and Queensland Nurses’ Union of Employees – Nursing Greenfields Enterprise Agreement 2016-2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Sydney.

The scandal-plagued Health Services Union is poised to rejoin the Labor Party in Victoria, as part of Bill Shorten’s expansion of his right-wing power base in his home state. After five years in political exile, the union – which trades as the Health Workers Union – has applied to re-affiliate to Labor. The application will be considered and, probably, approved at the party’s state conference in November.