NEWS-HR

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.

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.

Nurses are threatening strike action after a breakdown in negotiations over their enterprise agreement with Yarra Ranges Council. The nurses want an extra week of annual leave.

Legionella bacteria have been found in part of the Redcliffe Hospital’s water supply during regular testing. But the Metro North Hospital and Health Service said the risk to hospital patients and staff was low.

The Fair Work Commission has agreed to let both Ms Grace Mazi and OZcare to be legally represented at an upcoming unfair dismissal hearing. Commissioner Simpson determined the matter sufficiently complex as to warrant third party representation.

An application for approval of the Advantaged Care at Georges Manor Clinical Staff Enterprise Agreement 2016-2018 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Melbourne.

St Luke’s Care trading as St Luke’s Homecare (Homecare Employees), (NSWNMA/ANMF and United Voice Enterprise Agreement 2015 has made a s.185 (Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement).

The Fair Work Commission has rubber stamped the Brightwater Care Group Employees Agreement 2015.