Cottesloe builder Dean Humphrey was recently appointed Regional Vice President of the Housing Industry Association Western Australia, taking over from Phill Theunissen, who moved into the role of President. Mr Humphrey brings 20 years’ experience as a registered builder and at the helm of Cottesloe-based architecture and building company Humphrey Homes to the role.
April 17, 2019
A four yearly review of modern awards (S.156 – 4 yearly review of modern awards) will be undertaken today by the Fair Work Full Bench in Hearing Room 15-1 – Level 15 in Sydney.
April 17, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Gippsland Lakes Community Health for its Gippsland Lakes Community Health, Community Support Worker’s Agreement 2018-2021 (Health and Welfare Services) has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 15 April 2019.
April 17, 2019
Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) Uniting Mission and Education is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Hearing Room 11-4 – Level 11 in Sydney (Bleyerveen).
April 16, 2019
An Adelaide aged care worker who bashed an elderly resident at a nursing home has been jailed for a year. Michael Mullen, 52, was found guilty of the aggravated assault of 72-year-old Elizabeth Hannaford in November 2015. The attack took place while Mullen was working a night shift at Southern Cross Care’s Lourdes Valley nursing home at Myrtle Bank. In victim impact statements read before sentencing, Ms Hannaford’s daughter, Joanna Warde, said her mother deteriorated after the assault.
April 16, 2019
Businessman Peter Smedley, known in his heyday as “Pac-Man” for a big appetite for acquisitions when running funds management group Colonial and then logistics company Mayne Group, is being remembered fondly by family and former colleagues. Mr Smedley died on April 11 aged 76 after battling cancer. Peter Smedley was a driving force in the Orygen Youth Health Research Centre in Melbourne devoted to improving mental health for young people and had also been a long-time contributor and chairman of the charity CARE Australia.
April 16, 2019
A s.739 (Dispute resolution) application by Julian Storey against Western Health has been determined by Commissioner Yilmaz in Melbourne on 15 April 2019. On 1 March 2019, Julian Storey, represented by the Health Workers Union filed an application under s.739 of the Fair Work Act 2009 for the Fair Work Commission to deal with a dispute in accordance with the dispute settlement procedure in clause 7 of the Victorian Public Health Sector (Health and Allied Services, Managers and Administrative Workers) Single Enterprise Agreement 2016-2020. Storey is engaged in the position of security officer at Western Health. The dispute concerns the question of whether, on a proper construction of clause 8.3(b) (ii) of the Agreement, the Applicant is entitled to the Respondent’s witness notes (in particular the notes relating to the interview of the Nurse in Charge) that were obtained during the investigative process, in order for the Applicant to respond to the allegation of serious misconduct against him. The Fair Work Commissioner said no.
April 16, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Larrakia Nation for the Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Enterprise Agreement 2018 (Social, community, home care and disability services) has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Saunders after a Newcastle sitting on 15 April 2019.
