A nurse has been suspended after she stole insulin from an aged care resident to give to her father flying back to China. Her professional misconduct was uncovered when the luggage went missing in transit and landed in Sydney Airport, where federal police seized the bag. Lin Tan, who was terminated from Resthaven Paradise in 2015, was reprimanded and had her registration suspended for six months.
January 18, 2019
An application for termination of the Sigma Services Group Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2013-2017 (s.225 – Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date) will be ruled on by Deputy President Saunders at Level 3, 237 Wharf Road, Newcastle at 4pm today.
January 18, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application in the names of Fresh Fields Aged Care Pty Ltd; Hamersley Nursing Home (WA) Pty Ltd; Varna Pty Ltd; Fresh Fields Hospitality Services Pty Ltd; Fresh Fields Management (WA) Pty Ltd Fresh Fields Management (NSW) Pty Ltd; Fresh Fields Projects (WA) No 1 Pty Ltd T/A Hall & Prior Aged Care Organisation and presented collectively as the Hall & Prior Aged Care Organisation Registered Nurses’ Enterprise Agreement 2018 has met with the approval of Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 15 January 2019.
January 18, 2019
Scalabrini Village Ltd will defend a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) in front of Commissioner Johns in Hearing Room 11-1 – Level 11 in Sydney (Stanvic).
January 18, 2019
A s.768AX (Application to vary copied State instruments) involving the National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency T/A National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has been allowed by Fair Work Deputy President Hamilton in Melbourne on 16 January 2019. On 27 November 2018, the National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency T/A the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) lodged an application under s.768AX of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) to vary a copied State instrument covering a new employer and transferring employees. The NDIA sought to vary the terms of the Public Service Award 1992 (the Award) insofar as it applies to them. The Award is registered by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission and has a nominal expiry date of 2 December 1995. As a result of the roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Western Australia, approximately 150 Western Australian Government employees (the transferring employees) are to be employed by the NDIA. Mark Perica, Senior Legal Officer of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) (SPSF Group), acting on behalf of the CPSU (SPSF Group), the Civil Service Association of Western Australia Incorporated (CSAWA) and its members, some of whom are affected employees, filed submissions in support of the application.
January 18, 2019
Life Without Barriers is still fighting a protracted s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his Sydney chambers (King).
January 18, 2019
A s.394 (unfair dismissal) application by John Barnes citing The Salvation Army has been rejected by Commissioner Wilson in Melbourne on 17 January 2019.
January 18, 2019
An application for approval of the Envigor Home Care Enterprise Agreement 2018 (s.195 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers.
