An angry nurse who wiped faeces under the nose of a 97-year-old dementia patient after he soiled himself at a Bupa-run home has been struck off.
April 7, 2016
Quad Services has told a staff member to get on her bike and she has responded with a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy). Fair Work Senior Deputy President O’Callaghan will now hear the complaint (Perris).
April 7, 2016
Caring Choice Pty Ltd has been accused via a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) of being uncaring towards two staff members (Durrani and Orr).
April 7, 2016
Western Health will have to give its side of the story in defending a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E level 6 in Melbourne (Storey).
April 7, 2016
The Community and Public Sector Union and the Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Department of Human Services will contest a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti in conference room 2 in the ACT at 8am.
April 7, 2016
An application/notification by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.158(1) RO Act – Application for alteration of eligibility rules) will be reviewed by Fair Work Senior Deputy President Richards in his chambers in Brisbane.
April 7, 2016
Over-50s lobby group National Seniors, chief executive Michael O’Neill, has announced he’s stepping down from the end of May.
April 7, 2016
Former Labor MP Craig Thomson has ignored a judge’s orders to pay nearly half a million dollars in fines, compensation and interest for misusing union funds, opening the way for further court action against him. The Health Services Union yesterday warned that it was considering further legal proceedings against Thomson, who had not contacted the union or the Federal Court since a February deadline for payment of his penalties expired. He now faces a higher fine and the prospect of a public examination of his financial position.
