Pulse Health is dealing with a s.365 (application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) by an ex-employee (Cudmore).
September 3, 2015
An application for approval of the Catholic Healthcare Residential Aged Care Enterprise Agreement (New South Wales) 2015-2016 is being reviewed by Fair Work Commissioner Cambridge in Sydney.
September 3, 2015
United Protestant Association of NSW Ltd continues to be harangued by the on-going Grabovsky claim. It’s the ‘Butch Cassidy’ of the labour dispute system. It is never too far away.
August 28, 2015
A mother of four who stole more than $295,000 from her employers, a Double Bay nursing home, is facing 16 months imprisonment. Iboya Propaczy, 47, of Lidcombe, pleaded guilty to writing 97 fraudulent cheques to herself over a four-year period. Magistrate Clare Farnan said she deemed a custodial sentence necessary as “it is difficult to understand why Ms Propaczy has committed these offences”. Her employer of 16 years was the Gordon Group – an umbrella company which operates Mareeba Aged Care and Clermont Aged Care services. Chilean-born Propaczy wrote 73 fradulent cheques worth $195,158 to herself on behalf of Clermont Nursing Home between August 2010 and January 2014. More brazenly, Propaczy wrote another 24 cheques to herself on behalf of MacLean Valley Nursing Homes for $100,245 in an eight-month period last year before being caught out by her employer.
August 28, 2015
A family’s anger has turned to grief and mourning, with the death of an acutely ill elderly woman whose last days were marred by a threat to evict her from a hospital bed. The head of the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Gerry Marr, has apologised to the family. He has admitted that use of an eviction letter under such circumstances was not “acceptable practice” and said an investigation was under way.
August 28, 2015
Disability officials have denied they intentionally delayed handling complaints over alleged assaults at disabled group homes in Canberra. ACT Community Services director-general Natalie Howson said the assault accusations were investigated as soon as they were raised.
August 28, 2015
A man faces multiple police and regulatory charges after being accused of pretending to be a nurse in facilities across Australia. Nicholas William Crawford, 30, appeared in court on Thursday after Queensland police laid more than 110 police charges relating to his time at a facility at Aurukun earlier this year. He also faced three charges filed by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) involving a remote Cape York Indigenous community. The police matter was adjourned until September 2 and the AHPRA matter to December 10.
August 28, 2015
An application for approval of the LHI Retirement Services Nursing Staff (Aged Care) – Enterprise Agreement 2015 is before Fair Work Commissioner Hampton in Adelaide.
