The Community and Public Sector Union and the Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Department of Human Services are in a (s.379 – Application to deal with a dispute) armwrestle before Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti in the ACT.
May 9, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has rubberstamped the Corpus Christi Community Greenvale Inc Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016.
May 6, 2016
Blamey Community Group is contesting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by ex-staffer Adams.
May 6, 2016
St John of God Health Care Inc is vigorously defending a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by ex-staffer Tarus before Fair Work Commissioner Williams in the Fair Work Commission in Perth.
May 6, 2016
Victoria’s nurses will receive pay rises of up to 20 per cent under an unprecedented eight-year deal. The State Government’s deal with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation will provide for annual pay rises of up to 4 per cent for the next three years, and average about 3.4 per cent a year for the life of the agreement.
May 6, 2016
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association and Kennedy Health Care Group are in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) armwrestle before Fair Work Commissioner McKenna in hearing Room 12-1 – Level 12 in Sydney.
May 6, 2016
A nurse who addressed a mental health patient as “nigger” was given an unfair serious misconduct warning, the Employment Relations Authority has ruled. In addition to the name calling incident, six weeks later nurse Stephen Reader also handed a knife to the same patient and said: “Don’t do it.” Both instances upset the inmate at the forensic mental health unit in Christchurch. He was particularly disturbed by the second one because his most serious offence involved a stabbing. The ERA found Canterbury District Health Board’s decision to issue Mr Reader with a written warning and notifying the Nursing Council were unjustified. In fact, the authority went on to suggest that the initial course of action, which involved a written apology from the nurse and providing training, would have sufficed.
May 6, 2016
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association and Bupa Care Services Pty Limited are embroiled in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute).
