An application for approval of the Mercy Community Services Inc. Aged Care Services Enterprise Agreement 2015 will be considered by Commissioner Roe in Melbourne today.
September 29, 2015
The Neerim District Soldier’s Memorial Hospital Inc. Enterprise Agreement 2015 has been approved by Fair Work Deputy President Hamilton in Melbourne.
September 28, 2015
A “not-for-profit” Aboriginal organisation in the Northern Territory has made a $700,000 termination payment to a former general manager in circumstances described by a government watchdog as “questionable”.
September 28, 2015
A senior nurse who feared an elderly man had killed a fellow aged care resident left the pair in the same room after she found the victim bashed to death in his bed, an inquest has heard. An inquest into Mr McCulloch’s death continued in the ACT Coroner’s Court on Friday and is looking at Jindalee’s response.
September 28, 2015
Australian Aged Care Group Pty Ltd is being examined via an s.372 (application to deal with other contravention disputes) filed by an ex-employee (Pitts). The matter will be heard by Fair Work Deputy President Gostencnik in Court 3 in Melbourne.
September 28, 2015
UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide Inc is today defending an s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by a disaffected ex-staffer (Ha). The dispute will be heard by Fair Work Deputy President Bartel in Conference Room 6a – Level 6 in Adelaide.
September 28, 2015
Relatives of people in aged care facilities say they are being intimidated and bullied by staff when they complain about the treatment of their family members. Some have said they are being told not to take photographs of their parents inside the homes, while others say they have been yelled at and even physically manhandled by staff when they visit. A consumer advocate group says the problem is widespread across the sector and could point to wider problems.
September 28, 2015
A dirty kitchen appliance used to blend and puree food has been blamed as the source of a salmonella outbreak at the Burnside War Memorial Hospital in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs.
