A s.768BB (Application for an order about coverage for employee organisations under a state instrument) by CPSU (the Community and Public Sector Union) which is targeting Australian Unity Home Care Services Pty Ltd has persuaded Commissioner Johns in Sydney on 16 April 2019 to allow the CPSU to represent Australian Unity staff.
April 17, 2019
Japara will argue a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) matter this morning before Fair Work Commissioner Wilson in Court 9 – Level 5 in Melbourne (Sarmiento).
April 17, 2019
Commonwealth of Australia (represented by the Department of Human Services) is facing a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) before Fair Work Commissioner Yilmaz in his ACT chambers (Nickam).
April 17, 2019
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.
