NEWS-HR

An application for approval of the Bethesda Hospital Enrolled Nurses, Hospitality and Maintenance Employees’ Agreement 2015 will be considered by Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Sydney.

Doutta Galla Aged Services Ltd is facing a s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) lodged by the ANMF in Melbourne.

SC Care Pty Ltd has been served with a s.365 (application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) by a staffer (Bastin) in WA.

Pat Thomas House Inc is being challenged by a s.365 (application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) lodged by Van Helfteren.

Calvary Health Care Adelaide Limited is defending a s.394 (unfair dismissal claim) from an ex-staff member (Hansen) in Adelaide.

An application for approval of the Department of Health Enterprise Agreement 2016-2019 will be considered by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in Melbourne.

The Department of Health and Human Services has been served with a s.394 (unfair dismissal claim) by a Melbourne-based bureaucrat (Lombardo).

A care worker who plied a teenager with ice before sexually abusing him multiple times could be free from prison in less than three years. County Court Judge Richard Maidment said Department of Human Services worker Serge Ranwala, 50, had repeatedly exploited the trust of his 19-year-old victim. Sri Lankan-born Ranwala was found guilty last year of two counts of committing an indecent act with a person having a cognitive impairment while a worker at a DHS facility; and nine counts of sexual penetration.