NEWS-HR

A s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) made by the National Union of Workers citing Sigma Company Limited T/A Sigma Healthcare has been sorted by Commissioner Cirkovic in Melbourne on 28 March 2019.

CBHS Health Fund Limited is still defending a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) which is being reviewed by Deputy President Bull in chambers in Sydney (Sethi).

The CEO of Connecting Home Ltd has resigned for ‘personal reasons’. He is to return to Queensland. Lisa Zammit is the acting CEO.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Victorian Elderly Chinese Welfare Society Inc T/A Victorian Elderly Chinese Hostel for the Victorian Elderly Chinese Welfare Society Inc (Trading as Victorian Elderly Chinese Hostel), ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Masson sitting in Melbourne on 1 April 2019.

Hakea Grove Aged Care Pty Ltd has a similar matter (s.394 – Application for unfair dismissal remedy) which will also be heard by Deputy President Saunders at Level 3 in 237 Wharf Road Newcastle (Jones).

Tinonee Gardens HammondCare will have a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to argue before Deputy President Saunders at Level 3 237 Wharf Road in Newcastle (Williams).

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from DPG Services Pty Ltd T/A Opal Aged Care for its Opal Aged Care (Victoria) Enterprise Agreement 2018 has had a date amendment ruling issued by Deputy President Kovacic in Canberra on 1 April 2019. The decision issued by the Fair Work Commission on 19 March 2019 [[2019] FWCA 2079] is corrected as follows: [1] By amending the nominal expiry date from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2022.

A woman, aged in her 90s, has died after a “near drowning” incident at a retirement village pool on the Sunshine Coast. Paramedics were called to the Peregian Springs Country Club, run by Aveo, about 1.30pm Sunday. The woman was rushed to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition, but died on Monday morning. It was unclear whether the woman’s drowning incident was brought on by separate medical episode. A report was being prepared for the coroner.