NEWS-HR

A s.318 (Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) by Anglican Community Services nominated as the Ark Health Care Group, NSWNMA, ANMF NSW Branch and HSU New South Wales Branch Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Melbourne on 26 September 2018.

A s.266 (Industrial action related workplace determination) application by Specialist Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd t/a Dorevitch Pathology and Health Services Union/Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation for the correction of errors in a previous decision has been agreed by Vice President Hatcher in Sydney on 26 September 2018, Deputy President Clancy and Commissioner Cirkovic.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Calvary Mary MacKillop Care SA Limited for the Calvary Mary MacKillop Care, SA United Voice/ANMF South Australian Branch Aged Care Employees Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been passed by Fair Work Commissioner Platt in Adelaide on 26 September 2018.

Caroline Chisholm Society will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in Court 9 – Level 5 in Melbourne (Gulbis).

A s.394 (Unfair dismissal) application by Anju Das against Complete Care Physio Health Group T/A Complete Care has succeeded. Commissioner Wilson in Melbourne on 24 September 2018 awarded her $2,892.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Central Operations T/A Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Central Operations for its Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Central Operations Pilot Agreement 2018 has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 25 September 2018.

Hills Limited must defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney (Kulendran).

Canberra nurses have again expressed concern for their safety inside mental health wards, after graphic photos of another alleged assault on a nurse were posted on social media. The nurses union shared the photos of injuries sustained by a nurse during an assault at Canberra Hospital’s adult mental health unit with a call for “action now”. The photos show cuts, bite marks and bruising allegedly made on a nurse at the mental health unit. The ACT Government confirmed the incident happened on Monday night. The union says there have also been ongoing issues of assaults on nurses at Canberra’s secure Dhulwa facility. In a letter to ACT Health in August, union secretary Matthew Daniel expressed several concerns over safety and cultural issues at the facility raised by nurses at an August meeting. “Nurses injured or witness to reported assaults state that post-incident follow-up and care has been inadequate,” Mr Daniel wrote. “Nurses state that they face the decision to either physically withdraw from the area, which leaves other consumers vulnerable to assault, or remain to protect consumers and other staff and risk being assaulted.”