NEWS-HR

An application by Health Services Union (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) is being considered by Commissioner Bissett in the Fair Work Commission CML Building 17-21 University Avenue Canberra today.

The Fair Work Commission has given its imprimatur to the Noah’s Ark Enterprise Agreement 2015.

An application for approval of the InvoCare Australia Pty Limited (Queensland & Northern NSW, Funeral Operations) Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Lee.

An application for approval of the Cameron Close Retirement Village and Registered Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016-2019 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is before Fair Work Commissioner Roe in his Melbourne chambers.

The Fair Work Commission has said ‘yep’ to The Bays Hospital Group Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016.

The sacked head of SA Pathology says a culture of “fear and blame” is widespread across South Australian public health areas. Ken Barr was dismissed recently after it was revealed incorrect prostate cancer test results left about 100 men incorrectly thinking they still had cancer.

The Fair Work Commission has rubber stamped the Mt St Vincents Nursing Home and Therapy Centre Staff Agreement 2015.

A health worker in south-east Queensland has been banned from practice for attempting to have oral sex with a patient. The man was working as an Aboriginal health worker at the Murri Health Group in Caboolture, north of Brisbane, where he conducted regular health checks on patients. About 18 months into his job, an interaction with a male patient led to him being criminally charged with two counts of sexual assault. He has now been banned from providing health care after a ruling by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT).