NEWS-HR

June 17, 2019

Belgravia Health & Leisure Group Pty Ltd ATF Belgravia Leisure Unit Trust has been served with a s.739 notice (Jeffery).

June 17, 2019

The family of a woman who was sexually assaulted in aged care has called for better protection of vulnerable nursing home patients, as her abuser is sentenced to one month in jail. Gary Cripps, 63, pleaded guilty at Geelong Magistrates Court to two counts of sexual assault against 62-year-old Jeanette Post, who had Alzheimer’s while she was resident at Sea Views Manor aged care home in Ocean Grove. Outside court, the victim’s daughter Sarah Holmes said she hoped the industry would learn from her mother’s story and the family’s fight for justice. “I really hope that through the aged care royal commission that people listen to this story and we increase staffing and our ratios and money, and just recognise that the victims of these crimes in aged care are just so vulnerable,” she said. “It’s not just them who are victims, it’s the people who have placed their trust in a system that we think is broken.” The court heard Cripps kissed Ms Post, on her lips, face, chest and hands while she was in his care in the special needs unit of the nursing home. She had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in her 50s and died three months after the assault.

June 17, 2019

Bridget Kirkham of the Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA), died in Sydney last week aged 65.

June 17, 2019

Australian Regional and Remote Community Services Limited has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer before Fair Work Commissioner Spencer in Chambers in Brisbane (Trevena).
June 14, 2019

United Protestant Association NSW Ltd is again having to deal with a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) before the Fair Work Full Bench in Melbourne (Grabovsky).

June 14, 2019

Ability Options will argue the merits of a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) at 3pm today in front of Deputy President Sams in Hearing Room 14-2 – Level 14 in Sydney (Ezeonu).

June 14, 2019

Homecare Assistance has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must deal before Fair Work Commissioner Cambridge in Hearing Room 12-1 – Level 12 in Sydney (Hanna).

June 14, 2019

A retirement home resident has admitted to killing his frail, elderly neighbour whose body was found in a pool of blood at the Orelia complex they lived at earlier this year. Michael Andrew Dalton appeared at Stirling Garden’s Magistrate’s Court today where he pleaded guilty to murdering 82-year-old Allan Pedersen on February 6. His body was found by a neighbour when she went to collect him for an eye appointment. She had looked through the window and saw Mr Pedersen collapsed on the floor of the lounge. Friends had described the retired retired ship cook, who had lived at the home for several years, as a quiet, happy gentleman. During the hearing today, Dalton only spoke to confirm his name and to enter his guilty plea. His lawyer told the court her client had suffered from mental health issues in the past and would be requesting a psychological as well as a psychiatric report to be prepared ahead of sentencing. He is expected to be sentenced in September.