NEWS-HR

CASE PROCEDURES – correction of error – s.602 Fair Work Act 2009 – Full Bench – application to ‘correct obvious errors’ in Full Bench appeal decision [[2018] FWCFB 4362] – applicant submitted there were numerous ‘errors’ of fact and law in the Decision – applicant sought to exclude the respondent on the basis it had no right to be heard in relation to the application – request denied as the respondent’s substantive rights were affected by the Decision which the applicant sought to correct and due procedural fairness obligations – Full Bench held the power under s.602 of the FW Act is limited – does not empower the Commission to reopen or reconsider the correctness of a decision made – if the applicant is dissatisfied with the result of the Full Bench appeal decision the proper course is to apply for Judicial Review – application dismissed.Grabovsky v United Protestant Association of NSW Ltd t/a UPA

Nepean Hospital is in lockdown after a patient has been shot this afternoon. Police have surrounded the hospital in Sydney’s west after reports that the patient was shot by police after brandishing a knife. The emergency call for help came at about 4pm. The man was shot in the abdomen after making threats. The hospital’s security measures came under review just two years ago when police dog squad officer Luke Warburton was shot in an emergency room incident at the same hospital. He was shot in the leg with his own weapon while trying to control a man who was armed with scissors and threatening staff. A hospital security guard was shot in the calf.

Young Man’s Christian Association of Sydney has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer. Deputy President Sams in Hearing Room 14-1 – Level 14 in Sydney will hear the matter (Gray).

The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia and Direct Chemist Outlet Elsternwick will debate a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) in front of Senior Deputy President Hamberger in Chambers today.

PhysioINQ has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) matter listed with Deputy President Bull in his Sydney chambers (HA).

Walhallow Aboriginal Corporation has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must deal before Deputy President Bull in his Sydney chambers (Slater).

Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer in front of Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – Level 12 in Sydney (Azzopardi).

Uniting Communities is to face a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) before Fair Work Commissioner Riordan in his Sydney chambers (Cook).