ENTERPRISE BARGAINING – majority support determination – s.236 Fair Work Act 2009 – determination requested by United Voice on the basis employer had refused to bargain – identified employees represented a group which were fairly chosen – employees indicated that they wish to commence bargaining for an enterprise agreement – 55 persons on the roll of voters, 21 returned declaration envelopes with 20 voting in favour – Commission not satisfied that a majority of the employee group wished to bargain – application dismissed. United Voice v Paramedic Services Victoria t/a Gomed (VIC) P/L
March 4, 2016
Health services in Auckland face significant disruption next month after healthcare workers voted to take industrial action. Public Service Association (PSA) members say they will hold three city-wide strikes in April after negotiations over a new collective contract stalled.
March 3, 2016
LHI Retirement Services – Glynde is before Fair Work Senior Deputy President O’Callaghan over a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by the unhappy Vucetic.
March 3, 2016
Calvary Health Care Adelaide Limited has been served with a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) to explain why it dispatched Hensen to the boundary.
March 3, 2016
An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.437 – application for a protected action ballot order) will be mulled over by Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Melbourne.
March 3, 2016
Ngnampa Health Council is facing a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by a grumpy ex-staffer (Hodder).
March 3, 2016
An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.236 – application for a majority support determination) will be ruled on by Fair Work Commissioner McKenna.
March 3, 2016
A man has been found dead inside the home of former Health Services Union boss Kathy Jackson. NSW Police said officers were called to the Wombarra home, just north of Wollongong, and found a 40-year-old man. A police spokesman said it is believed the man had a medical episode and the death is not being treated as suspicious.
