NEWS-HR

Goldfields Women’s Refuge is ip against staffer (Dettoni) over a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy).

Brauer Natural Medicines is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to be heard by Senior Deputy President O’Callaghan (Kranenbury).

An application for approval of The Bays Hospital Group Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be adjudicated by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in his Melbourne chambers.

An application for approval of the Mt St Vincent Nursing Home and Therapy Centre Staff Agreement 2015 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is being reviewed by Deputy President Gostencnik in Melbourne chambers.

The Health Services Union and Clinical Laboratories Pty Ltd are engaged in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute).

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – misconduct – s.394 Fair Work Act 2009 – application for relief from unfair dismissal – applicant terminated for exchanging inappropriate emails with colleague – applicant submitted her actions did not constitute breach of the respondent’s Responsible Use of Technology policy and there was no evidence of harm or damage caused by her actions – applicant further submitted respondent did not give sufficient weight to her lengthy and previously unblemished service, or her remorse – respondent submitted it had a valid reason for termination and that termination was a proportionate response – consideration of valid reason requires mitigating factors to be considered [Parmalat] – no valid reason for termination – applicant notified of reason for termination – applicant permitted a support person – application granted – applicant reinstated with continuity of service – payment for lost wages refused because of applicant’s failure to mitigate loss since dismissal. Beamish v Calvary Health Care Tasmania Limited t/a Calvary Health Care Tasmania

Mental health workers at Sunshine Hospital stopped work yesterday with assaults on staff one of their primary concerns. Health and Community Services Union spokesman Joe Taylor said between 20 to 30 employees from the Sunshine Mental Health Service stopped work in the afternoon to demonstrate outside the hospital.

Significant government failings did not contribute to a 17-year-old’s death, despite there being “no doubt that things should have been done better” by her carers, an inquest has found. Maddy Downman, 17, took her own life in a Darwin residential care house run by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) on June 6, 2014.