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A s.365 – (General protections) application from Leah Fox citing My Care Solution Pty Ltd has been spurned by Fair Work Deputy President Young in Melbourne on 04 January 2021. “Applications to deal with contraventions involving dismissal – extension of time – circumstances not exceptional – application dismissed.”

Westmead Bariatric Services Pty Ltd will face a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) claim today before Commissioner Cambridge in the Fair Work Commission, Terrace Tower at 80 William Street East Sydney (Lee).

Carino Hospitality Services Pty Ltd (Tierra Health Pty Ltd) has a s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) on foot before Commissioner Johns (by phone) in Sydney (Nekich).

Part of a Whyalla nursing home that recently came under fire for a scabies “outbreak” has been sent into lockdown after residents developed unexplained rashes overnight.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd have a s.739 – (Application to deal with a dispute) before Deputy President Boyce (By Telephone) in Sydney.

An application for approval of the genU Business Enterprises, Enterprise Agreement 2020-2023 (s.185 – application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Deputy President Mansini (by telephone) in Melbourne.

Fronditha Care has appointed new Directors to its Board leadership team. The new team includes Jill Taylor (Nikitakis), re-elected at the recent AGM for another three-year term, who is the new President and Board Chair. Kostas Kyrifidis has retained the role of Treasurer, with newly elected directors Dr. Stella Laletas taking on the role of Vice President and Kostas Livadaras becoming Company Secretary. The Board has also co-opted John Kallitsas as a Director, who has a long- standing relationship with Fronditha Care and is a benefactor.

Regis Sunraysia was facing a pot­ential mass evacuation of its aged- care residents last night after a fire broke out yesterday afternoon. Six CFA and Fire Rescue Victoria trucks from Mildura, Irymple, Red Cliffs and Merbein attended the fire at the Tenth St facility, which is understood to have started in the building’s airconditioning system. The structure of the building was being assessed last night, with Mildura Base Public Hospital preparing to free up multiple beds ­after a Code Brown alert for an ­external emergency was issued. Two residents were earlier transported to Mildura Base Public Hospital, while a further 10 were transported to the Regis Ontario facility. It’s understood residents had been orginally been cleared to return, but the building’s structure was being reassessed.