Calvary Health Care Adelaide has been told an earlier tribunal win over Hansen is now subject to a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) before the Fair Work Full Bench.
July 13, 2016
Jacaranda Housing is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) served by an ex-staff member (Seidel).
July 13, 2016
A registered nurse has been reprimanded and banned for 12 months over a violent altercation with a psychiatric patient at Joondalup Health Campus in northern Perth. Brian Roha Smith, who had been a mental health nurse for 30 years, held the 29-year-old patient around the neck and poked him in the eye after the two men fell to the ground in a room of the Mental Health Unit in April 2014. The incident was observed by other staff and the Nursing and Midwifery Board took Mr Smith to the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) where he admitted he had engaged in “professional misconduct”.
July 13, 2016
The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union and Prahran Mission will argue merits of a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 5 & Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne today.
July 13, 2016
A spike in serious gastroenteritis cases across NSW has prompted health authorities to issue a public warning. Over 1600 people have attended NSW emergency departments with gastro in the past week, a 14 per cent rise on the usual number this time of year.
July 13, 2016
An application for approval of the Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be heard by Fair Work Commissioner Roe in his Sydney chambers.
July 13, 2016
People needing an ambulance for non-urgent cases have been warned to expect delays today as about 350 paramedics stop work to address an “industry in crisis”. Ambulance Employees Association (AEA) of SA secretary Phil Palmer said crude cost-cutting was leading to chronic staff shortages, ramping, and an unmanageable workload within the ambulance service.
July 12, 2016
ORS Rehabilitation and Placement Services has convinced the NSW Workers Compensation Commission to revisit the claim of Rosanna Lilli. A pre-existing condition will reduce the payout by 50 per cent.
