An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.238 – Application for a scope order) is before Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers at 11am.
July 19, 2016
CPSU (The Community and Public Sector Union) and the Department of Health and Human Services have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 in Melbourne.
July 19, 2016
DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services is being called to account via a s.739 – Application to deal with a dispute (Morag).
July 19, 2016
An application by Queensland Nurses’ Union of Employees (s.238 – Application for a scope order) will be reviewed and ruled upon by Commissioner Booth.
July 19, 2016
Blamey Community Group is facing a s.394 – Application for unfair dismissal remedy (Adams). Senior Deputy President Hamberger will rule at Wagga Wagga Business Enterprise Centre 66-70 Coleman Street Wagga Wagga at 10am.
July 19, 2016
An application by Health Services Union (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) will be determined by Commissioner Cribb in Melbourne.
July 18, 2016
An application for approval of the Balaklava Mill Court Homes Registered Nurse, Enrolled Nurse & Personal Care Assistant ANMF (Aged Care) Enterprise Agreement 2015 (s.185 – application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Roe in his Melbourne chambers.
July 18, 2016
A nurse has been fined $25,000 for allowing an ex-prisoner she had treated stay at her home as a flatmate for nine months. The nurse, who has permanent name suppression, claimed an invitation to the former prisoner to stay at her home for a night as a guest, and thereafter as a flatmate, was an act of kindness and compassion. But the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal found the relationship to be inappropriate, as she had previously cared for the prisoner while she worked at a Corrections facility. In the decision, the nurse was censured and ordered to pay a fine of $5000, plus $20,000 towards the cost of the hearing. The tribunal noted it was within a “hair’s breadth” of suspending the nurse. It was also noted that the prisoner was a “vulnerable person” and there was a “significant power imbalance” between the nurse and the prisoner.
