Another application for approval of the HammondCare Residential Care and HammondCare at Home Enterprise Agreement 2018 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will also be determined by Deputy President Cross Hearing Room 14-1 – Level 14 in Sydney at the same time.
March 4, 2019
An application for approval of the HammondCare Residential Care (Victoria) Enterprise Agreement 2018 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be revealed by Deputy President Cross Hearing Room 14-1 – Level 14 in Sydney.
March 4, 2019
A senior Queensland doctor caught filming up women’s skirts at a Brisbane shopping centre was “unravelling” in a “self-destructive and reckless spiral” after complaints were made about his workplace performance, a court has heard. Doctor Mohamed Zaahid Pandie was the clinical director of paediatric emergency medicine at The Prince Charles Hospital when he was caught using his phone to film up the skirts of seven women at a Mt Gravatt shopping centre in October last year. He yesterday pleaded guilty to recording the women, including shop staff and customers, aged between 18 and 27, in what Magistrate Anthony Gett described as “lewd and lascivious” offending. Defence barrister Greg McGuire said the 44-year-old South African-born doctor had fallen from grace. “Prior to the events of October 2018, the defendant had led a blameless, productive and indeed successful life until he engaged in this behaviour, which is perhaps correctly described as self-destructive, and one immediately asks what the hell went wrong,” Mr McGuire said. The court heard in February last year, Pandie was involved in a workplace incident relating to the management and care of a baby, and about his interpersonal manner to nursing staff, and was asked to take leave. “That led to obviously a lot of stress, gossip and innuendo,” Mr McGuire said. “He ends up getting suspended without pay, gets involved in a legal battle with respect to that, an order was made to place him on pay, that’s still an ongoing battle.” Mr McGuire said the complaints led Pandie, who is also the hospital’s deputy director of emergency services, to feel emotionally abandoned and isolated by his colleagues and resentful of his workplace, sparking his self-destructive behaviour. He said Pandie, who is still employed with the hospital but on leave, was diagnosed with chronic depression at the time of the offending. “Your honour, it’s a very sad state. You will see from the material how many people speak very highly of him even with knowledge of these offences,” the barrister said. “He’s been involved for a long period of time in effectively saving the lives of children. “It takes little imagination to recognise the extraordinary effects this has had, not only on himself, but his family.” Mr Gett said psychological reports tendered to the court showed Pandie was “starting to mentally and psychologically unravel… in the months preceding (the offending)”. “(Your doctor) also notes… that your capacity was somewhat impaired as a consequence of this major depressive illness… and your capacity to control your behaviours and also to know right from wrong was reduced or impaired,” Mr Gett said to Pandie. Pandie was sentenced to a 15-month probation order and no conviction was recorded. “Persons such as these victim are entitled to go about their business in public area without having persons such as yourself prey on them in a way that invades their privacy,” Mr Gett said. “The Queensland community deserves some protection from you in that regard.”
March 1, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd T/A GSK Consumer Healthcare for its GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2019 has been granted by Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 27 February 2019.
March 1, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Health Services Union; TasIVF Pty Ltd for the TasIVF Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2019 has been ratified by Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 28 February 2019.
March 1, 2019
A Queensland surgeon accused of sexual misconduct and serious malpractice has been suspended. William Braun — a general surgeon — has worked across numerous Queensland public and private hospitals including Redcliffe and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Shadow health spokeswoman Ros Bates outed the surgeon in parliament on Tuesday, tabling numerous complaints. Ms Bates did not name the doctor in her speech, but he was named in complaints tabled. Some of the complaint documents were dated, while some were anonymous. In others, names had been redacted. A Metro North Hospital and Health spokesman said for privacy reasons, it could not comment on individual matters. “However, we can say that we have suspended a staff member in relation to the allegations raised,” he said. “For legal reasons, we are unable to provide further information. “We have a zero tolerance towards inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. “Sexual harassment in our health service is completely unacceptable and we actively encourage and support staff to report any incidents.” Dr Braun could not be reached for comment. A spokeswoman for the Office of the Health Ombudsman said it was aware of allegations about Dr Braun and would carefully review them. However it did not respond to questions about whether Dr Braun had also been suspended from the private sector. Health Minister Steven Miles urged MPs to report complaints of misconduct as soon as they received them so action could be rapid.
March 1, 2019
It is an exciting time for the Boorowa Health Service with nurses, Olivia Mills, Lumen Tarun and Chloe Hocking joining the local team in February. Olivia Mills is a first year registered nurse taking part in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) Transition to Professional Practice Program. Olivia grew up in Bathurst and traveled overseas after school before joining the Navy. She completed her Bachelor of Nursing at Charles Sturt University while working as an Assistant in Nursing in a Residential Aged Care Facility. Olivia is excited about the opportunities in rural nursing, “I have enjoyed my first few weeks in Boorowa. Everyone is eager to help me and I have settled in nicely,” she said. Olivia’s goal is to work in the Emergency Department and she is keen to learn as much as she can during the first year of her career. Lumen Tarun is a registered nurse from the Philippines where she worked in a large Emergency Department. Gaining her nursing qualifications in 2012, Lumen migrated to Australia because of the opportunity for professional growth. She feels there is more opportunity in a small facility like Boorowa that empowers Registered Nurses to be strong, independent clinicians and she is keen to learn about all areas of healthcare and expand her knowledge and skills.
March 1, 2019
Commonwealth if Australia trading as the Department of Human Services will face a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) accusation before Fair Work Deputy President Clancy in his Melbourne chambers (Graham).
