NEWS-HR

Deniliquin Nursing Home Foundation Ltd is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Sams in his Sydney chambers (Monro).

An application for approval of the Gippsland Lakes Community Health – Community Support Workers Agreement 2018-2021 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in chambers in Melbourne.

The Australian Medical Association (Victoria) Limited and Latrobe Regional Hospital will argue the merits of a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Deputy President Hamilton in Court 3 and Conference Room B – Level 6 in Melbourne.

A contaminated salad containing duck meat is suspected of having killed five residents of a care home for the elderly in southern France. Four women and a man, aged from 76 to 95, died after eating the salad on Sunday night. In all, 20 people at the home near Toulouse suffered vomiting and other symptoms of food poisoning. Twelve of those taken ill are in hospital, but not in grave danger. The salad ingredients, including duck foie gras (pâté), are being examined.

An aged care nurse has stolen drugs from patients. A search warrant of Kearalee Flanders’ home on September 27 last year revealed medication prescribed to a deceased person who had been in palliative care.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Baxter Laboratories Pty Ltd for its Baxter Laboratories Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 27 March 2019.

Heartland Group Holdings Limited (NZX/ASX: HGH) has appointed Kate Morrison as an independent director of subsidiary, Heartland Bank Limited.

A man who unlawfully presented himself as a registered pharmacist has been convicted and fined $24,500 and costs of $15,000. A New South Wales court convicted suspended pharmacist David Le of holding out as a registered pharmacist. The charges, filed by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), alleged that Le had held himself out as a registered pharmacist between 8 August 2017 and 15 August 2018 in contravention of the National Law.1 On 7 August 2017, the Pharmacy Council of New South Wales imposed an interim suspension on Le’s registration after it determined that a suspension was appropriate for the protection of the health or safety of the public or was otherwise in the public interest. AHPRA alleged that despite this suspension, Le continued to open and operate the pharmacy alone without a registered pharmacist on duty. On 7 March 2019, Le pleaded guilty to holding himself out as a registered pharmacist, when he was not. On 27 March 2019, Magistrate Still, in the Local Court, convicted Le and imposed an aggregate fine of $24,500. He was ordered to pay legal costs to AHPRA of $15,000. AHPRA CEO Martin Fletcher said the court outcome demonstrates AHPRA’s work is helping to protect health consumers across Australia.