The Fair Work Commission has finally given its stamp of approval for the Australian Flying Corps and Royal Australian Air Force Association (Western Australian Division) Inc Registered and Enrolled Nurses Agreement 2015.
April 13, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has rubberstamped the Quirindi Retirement Homes Limited, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2015-2017.
April 13, 2016
Helping Hand Aged Care Inc is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an ex-staffer (Vingerhoets).
April 12, 2016
Australian Red Cross Society is having its tail wagged by a dog (Wagland) in a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) being heard by Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers.
April 12, 2016
Arcare Pty Ltd & The Trustee For The Arc Unit Trust are facing a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) lodged by a staff member (Verma).
April 12, 2016
A former aged care worker has been sentenced to 18 months’ jail, to be suspended after two months, after being caught in a police child sex sting in Brisbane. Troy Neville Mann pleaded guilty in the District Court to seven child sex offences including grooming and possessing child exploitation material.
April 12, 2016
GENERAL PROTECTIONS – workplace rights – arbitration – ss.365, 369 Fair Work Act 2009 – application to deal with a general protections dismissal dispute by consent arbitration – applicant employed as Bequest Officer – applicant’s manager alleged he had engaged in inappropriate behaviour at a meeting with her in November 2014 – alleged intimidation – applicant issued with formal written warning in December 2014 – manager made further complaints about his conduct at meetings in December 2014 and January 2015 – in February 2015 respondent issued a ‘final warning’ regarding applicant’s conduct in workplace – applicant filed an ‘application for an order to stop bullying’ against respondent and manager in Commission – in April 2015 a consensus developed that applicant could not return to work reporting to the manager – applicant offered a temporary/trial role for six weeks at its State Support Office – temporary role extended by three weeks – in June 2015 respondent put three options to applicant in the event that the temporary role was not extended – further redeployment, retrenchment, or discussions ‘for a mutual separation arrangement’ – internal investigation into bullying claim by independent investigator not found proven – in August 2015 attempts to find a permanent position for applicant redeployment failed – applicant dismissed – applicant claimed respondent took adverse action in dismissing him – reasons given included his complaint of workplace harassment and bullying against his manager, and his application for an anti-bullying order to the Commission – Commission found applicant exercised a workplace right by commencing his anti-bullying application in the Commission and when he complained to respondent about the treatment he was experiencing from his manager – found decision to dismiss applicant was ‘adverse action’ within meaning of s.342(1) of FW Act – satisfied that because applicant could not perform the inherent requirements of his job, and after nearly six months of a search for an alternative position, the decision to dismiss the applicant was open to the respondent – adverse action not taken because of a prohibited reason, or reasons which included that reason – application dismissed. Lisha v St Vincent de Paul Society NSW
April 12, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has passed the application for the South East Palliative Care Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016.
