The nurse who discovered a dementia patient bloodied in his bed at a Canberra nursing home did not think to check if he was still alive, the ACT Coroner’s Court has heard. Charles McCulloch, 94, was found beaten in his bed a day after he was moved into the high-needs dementia ward at the Jindalee Aged Care Residence in Narrabundah in January 2012.
September 25, 2015
Fair Work Commission president Iain Ross has been accused of ostracising dissenters on the tribunal, resulting in decisions weighted in favour of unions. Brendan McCarthy, who was a commission deputy president for 13 years until he retired last December, said Justice Ross ensured a “small core of favoured persons” were appointed to full benches determining important matters.
September 25, 2015
An application for approval of the RSL LifeCare, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2015-2017 is before Fair Work Commissioner Simpson in Brisbane.
September 24, 2015
West Wimmera Health Service is facing an s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) from a disaffected ex-employee (Lynch).
September 24, 2015
RSL Care South Australia Incorporated is arguing to Senior Deputy President O’Callaghan that its separation policy with regard to employees is just (Richardson).
September 24, 2015
The Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution Enterprise Agreement 2015 has an expiry date of 30 June 2018 ruled Deputy President Booth in Sydney.
September 24, 2015
A nurse has been found guilty of pocketing hundreds of prescription drugs while working in palliative care. Julie Powell, who now lives in the United Kingdom, was found guilty of professional misconduct after misappropriating prescription medication for her own use.
September 24, 2015
The Fair Work Commission has stamped its imprimatur on the Croatian, Ukrainian and Belarusian Aged Care Association Administrative Employees Enterprise Agreement 2015
