Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union – New South Wales and ACT (Services) Branch and House With No Steps have made a joint application (s.576(2)(aa) – promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes) to the Fair Work Commission.
March 7, 2016
A Perth carer has been accused of stealing more than $77,000 from an elderly relative who was moved into an aged care facility. The 67-year-old woman will face Perth Magistrates Court on March 23.
March 7, 2016
An application for approval of the Toowong Private Hospital Nursing Employees Enterprise Agreement 2015-2018 (s.195 – application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is under the auspices of Fair Work Deputy President Gostencnik.
March 7, 2016
A nurse, brutally assaulted by a mental health patient, is claiming more than $600,000 in damages from Gold Coast Health. Paul Harrison, 63, has filed the claim in the Southport District Court over the 2013 assault where he was attacked from behind while working on a whiteboard and then continually attacked after he was on the ground, leaving him significantly impaired.
March 7, 2016
An application by Primary Care Gold Coast Limited (s.222 – application for approval of a termination of an enterprise agreement) will be reviewed by Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Chambers in Brisbane.
March 7, 2016
Lifestyle Solutions (Aust) Ltd has a s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) on its hands at the instigation of staff member Pittman.
March 7, 2016
The Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council is facing a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an alleged wayward ex-staffer (Ely).
March 4, 2016
A meals on Wheels employee has escaped a prison sentence after she admitted taking almost $150,000 of elderly customers’ dinner money to put through the pokies. Marlene Barry, 72, was sentenced to at least nine months home detention by Magistrate Alison Viney who said her actions “quite rightly” caused “community outrage.” Barry pleaded guilty to stealing $148,000 from Meals on Wheels on the Northern Beaches over seven years while working as a clients account officer.
