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Event Health Management Pty Ltd has a s.372 (application to deal with other contravention disputes) to counter before Commissioner Platt in Chambers in Adelaide (Zareey).

A s.394 (Unfair dismissal) application by Damian Saleeby against The Northcott Society has been rejected by Deputy President Easton in Sydney on 20 May 2021. “Application for an unfair dismissal remedy – unfair dismissal application filed out of time – circumstances not exceptional – application dismissed.” The Northcott Society (“Northcott”) is a large disability services provider. On 24 December 2020 Northcott dismissed Mr Saleeby from his employment because of two separate incidents on 4 September 2020. Mr Saleeby worked for Northcott as a Disability Support Worker for almost 4 years and is alleged to have assaulted two customers in his care. The two incidents are also the subject of criminal proceedings.

The chief of a multi-award-winning Tasmanian aged care provider and the driving force behind Australia’s first dementia village has left her role after a decade of service. Glenview Community Services chief executive officer Lucy O’Flaherty said it was time to pass the baton on now her “crowning glory” Korongee dementia village in Glenorchy had opened and was fully accredited. Ms O’Flaherty has been previously credited as having acquired the $19m of funding from industry superfunds, which provided her with a platform to create the first of its kind village in Australia.

A woman has had a knife held to her, a man was hospitalised after being attacked with a machete, a police car was rammed and a nursing home in Townsville was targeted in a spate of horrific and violent stolen car incidents overnight.

Aged care sector solutions provider Health Metrics has welcomed two senior consulting advisors to its board; Aliza Knox, former vice president and director at Boston Consulting Group in Sydney and Singapore, and Glenys Beauchamp, presently a principal advisor at public sector professional services firm Proximity. The board appointments follow last month’s majority investment into Health Metrics by Australasian alternative asset manager Tanarra Capital.

A s.394 (unfair dismissal) application by Geoffrey Scott against The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital has been dismissed by Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne on 14 May 2021.

Toowong Private Hospital is facing a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Deputy President Lake in Chambers in Brisbane (Hanley).

A s.185 (enterprise agreement) application from Directions Health Services Limited t/a Directions Health Services for its Directions Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2021 (Health and welfare services) has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Mansini in Melbourne on 4 May 2021.