NEWS-HR

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and RDNS will run their s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 in Melbourne at 4.30pm today.

An application for approval of the Western Private Hospital Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 s.185 (Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Roe in his Melbourne chambers.

The Fair Work Commission has given its imprimatur to the ACH Group & ASU Health & Community Service Delivery and Support Services Enterprise Agreement 2015.

A psychiatrist who once worked at Waikato Hospital has been charged with sexually assaulting one of his patients in the United States. The alleged assault took place just months before Paul Fox, a US citizen, started work at the Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre. Fox, who also treated the US mass-murderer Adam Lanza, was charged with three counts of second-degree assault after police say he had “a sexual relationship with an adult patient while he was a practising psychiatrist in Brookfield.” The DHB executive director for mental health Derek Wright said the board was confident it undertook all reasonable background checks.

Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti has to determine whether or not Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service was just in enforcing a staffer (Jarrett) to go walkabout.

An elderly man has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $200,000 from a non-profit organisation. Detectives arrested the eastern suburbs man, 71, and charged him with 21 counts of aggravated theft. Police will allege he stole more than $200,000 from a non-profit organisation over a period of 12 months. The man was bailed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrate Court in June and investigations are continuing.

The Fair Work Commission has rubberstamped the Violet Town Bush Nursing Centre Inc Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016.

Nurses are preparing to step into wage ­negotiations with the Hodgman Government — a move which could have major ramifications for the pending Tasmanian State Budget. The negotiations come as the State Government prepares to hand down its third Budget next month. Treasurer Peter Gutwein is already warning pay rises could have a $100 million ­impact on the state’s bottom line.