NEWS-HR

An application by Health Services Union (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) is in the hands of Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & Conference Room H – Level 6. The matter will commence in Conference Room E – Level 6 in Melbourne.

An application for approval of the Abbotsford Long Day Care Centre’s Enterprise Agreement 2015 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Roe.

Bendigo Health Care Group is before Deputy President Clancy to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by Logan.

The Limestone Coast Health Unit Trust is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) challenge from an ex-staff member (Paltridge).

Roughly $1 million in federal funding was cut from support services for ACT carers last month, adding to what advocates say is a crippling level of pressure leading some to threaten self-harm. On Monday, a former support worker broke her silence about using rope to restrain a woman with a severe intellectual disability, at the insistence of the client’s mother, who was “a wonderful woman pushed to the absolute edge of carer stress”. The woman was tied up for 30 minutes at a time, with her hands held high above her head by ropes attached to the roof. “I am not a monster, but that role turned me into one,” the former Kincare support worker said. The ACT government said on Wednesday that the newly created Human Services Registrar, which regulates specialist disability service providers, would speak with Kincare about the allegations, and refer them to ACT police “if appropriate”. A spokesman for Disability Minister Chris Bourke said the government had not previously been made aware of such allegations.

Globus Medical Australia Pty Ltd is on the receiving end in a s.604 (Appeal of decisions). The Full Bench in Hearing Room 15-1-Level 15 in Sydney will listen to Graham’s importuning.

An application for approval of the Community Vision Inc Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be heard by Commissioner Saunders in his Sydney chambers.

The Australian Foundation for Disability will defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) lodged by Maton.