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Community Accommodation & Respite Agency Inc will answer a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) claim before Fair Work Commissioner Hampton in Hearing Room 6.1 – Level 6 in Adelaide at 10am (Noble).

An aged care worker has been fired from her job at a Point Vernon facility after she was caught stealing. Disgraced employee Dianna May Hobson took a credit card.

Anam Cara House founder Diane Wright will be awarded with a Life Membership by Palliative Care Victoria, in recognition of her service and achievements in the industry. The 65 year old founded residential care facilities in Geelong and Colac in 2007 and 2011 respectively.

Monash Health has a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) on foot before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room H – Level 6 in Melbourne (Sullivan).

Allity Aged Care Pty Ltd has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) with which it must deal before Commissioner Wilson in his Melbourne chambers (Moloney).

The Health Services Union and Providing All Living Supports (PALS) Inc have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) set for hearing before Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in his Melbourne chambers at 3pm.

Community Accommodation & Respite Agency Inc is fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner Hampton in Hearing Room 6.1 – Level 6 in Adelaide (Noble).

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – termination at initiative of employer – s.394 Fair Work Act 2009 – application for an unfair dismissal remedy – four jurisdictional objections by respondent – applicant is a Student (Subclass 500) Visa and is studying a Bachelor of Nursing at the Australian Catholic University – worked in excess of the 40 hour per fortnight condition of her Student Visa – applicant suspended without pay – evidence amounted to the applicant completing some notes outside of her normal rostered shift, in doing so she inadvertently ‘worked’ – held not a serious and deliberate breach of a Visa condition or the contract of employment – Commission found respondent repudiated applicant’s employment contract by suspending her without pay – when applicant accepted the repudiation it brought the contract and the employment relationship to an end – found the termination of employment was at the employer’s initiative – applicant unfairly dismissed – remedy to be considered. Devi v Doutta Galla Aged Services Limited