One remote area nurse has been removed from a community and another is under investigation after it was discovered they were running a racket sourcing and selling junk food for their own profit. A spokesman for the Northern Territory’s Top End Health Service confirmed a nurse was disciplined and transferred from an Arnhem Land community following an investigation into allegations he was selling food products.
April 12, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has given its imprimatur to the Gold Coast Division of General Practice Ltd Collective Agreement 2008.
April 12, 2016
The removal of enrolled nurses from two Adelaide residential aged care homes could put patients’ lives at risk, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says. ANMF South Australian branch chief executive officer Elizabeth Dabars said aged care provider Allity had sacked about 30 enrolled nurses from its Morphettville and Walkerville sites.
April 12, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has ratified the Cobden District Health Service Inc., ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2014.
April 12, 2016
Prosecutors are set to drop more than 340 charges against a public servant who allegedly stole $35,000 on a government credit card, in exchange for a guilty plea to a single charge. Mignon Thomas is charged with 233 counts of theft and 114 counts of dishonestly dealing with documents. Thomas, 48, was employed as a youth worker when she allegedly used the credit card to spend more than $35,000 on items including groceries, clothes and other luxury items.
April 12, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has approved the Back in Motion Health Group Aspendale Gardens Enterprise Agreement 2015.
April 11, 2016
The council on the Ageing WA Inc is still fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner McKenna in the Fair Work Commission in Terrace Tower 80 William Street East Sydney. The matter is in its second hearing day. The applicant is ex-staffer (Millar).
April 11, 2016
Sunnyfield Disability Services is on the receiving end of a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) delivered at the behest of a staff member (Aldrigde). Fair Work Commissioner McKenna will decide the merit of the application.
