The Health Services Union and the Australian Education Union and Another have a s.576(2)(aa) (Promoting cooperative workplace relations and preventing disputes) matter before Deputy President Booth (by telephone).
April 2, 2020
Catholic Healthcare Limited is facing a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) in front of Deputy President Young by telephone (McLochlan)
April 2, 2020
A s.394 (Unfair dismissal) claim from Paul Jewel against Bluecross Residential and Commercial Services has been dismissed by Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne on 1 April 2020.
April 2, 2020
Wesley Mission, Sinnamon Ppark is to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner Booth in chambers in Brisbane (Kaur).
April 2, 2020
Darwin Aboriginal and Islander Womens Shelter (DAIWS) will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Deputy President Sams (via Telephone) in Darwin (Torres-Carne).
April 2, 2020
A worker in a Melbourne aged care home has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee worked at the Assisi Aged Care centre at Rosanna, in Melbourne’s north-eastern suburbs. In an email to families, the centre said a staffer had tested positive five days after working with elderly residents. The staffer had not shown symptoms for two days after her last shift, they added. The centre said they had discussed the matter with the department of health and had been told “they do not consider this case to be a risk for our residents”. “This is because she became unwell two days after her last shift,” the centre said in the email. No residents have tested positive, but Paula Wales is worried about her 95-year-old father Domenic. She said she was “incredulous” the letter to families said the case was low risk. “I’m just confused as to how they can be so sure this doesn’t pose a risk to the residents — and they’re all really elderly and very vulnerable,” she said. Ms Wales said she called the home later and felt she still had not been given a clear answer. “They said they were testing all residents and staff twice a day and nobody so far had a fever,” she said. “They didn’t answer my questions about how this is not a risk.” Ms Wales said Assisi had been in lockdown for about two weeks due to the virus, meaning she was not able to see her father face to face. “It’s a bit hard. Obviously we can’t go there. I’ll feel better FaceTiming him and hopefully he’ll be fine,” she said.
April 2, 2020
Two aged care workers in Melbourne test positive for COVID-19. A doctor who visited Carlton aged-care facility Rathdowne Place has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Rathdowne Place said the Department of Health and Human Services had confirmed the GP was considered infectious when he met two residents for a short period of time during a visit to the aged care facility on March 25. One employee is considered to have been in close contact with the GP and is now self-isolating at home as a precautionary measure. The granddaughter of one resident, who asked not to be named, said she feared she may never be able to see her grandmother in person again.
April 2, 2020
Two paramedics have been freed from their ambulance van after a crash flipped their vehicle on its side at a busy Gold Coast intersection. Emergency services were called to the scene on Bermuda St and Reedy Creek Rd at Burleigh West about 3.45pm today after reports of a two-vehicle crash involving the ambulance van and a ute.
