Community Accommodation and Respite Agency is defending a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers at 10am (Heffernan).
June 29, 2018
A s.394 (Unfair dismissal) claim by Ursula Seck against St Johns Community Care Ltd has been rejected on multiple grounds. “Having regard to the circumstances of this matter, I am satisfied that as Mrs Seck has not completed the required minimum employment period, her application has no reasonable prospects of success. Further, I am satisfied that as the application was not accompanied by the fee prescribed by the Act, the application was not made in accordance with the Act. As such, the application is dismissed pursuant to ss.587(1)(a) and (c) of the Act. An Order to this effect will be issued shortly. ,” said Fair Work Commissioner Bissett.
June 29, 2018
A South Australian public servant found guilty of maladministration over a land deal has been promoted. Michael Buchan has been named the interim head of the state’s Housing Authority.
June 29, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the Returned and Service League of Australia Victorian Branch for its RSL Victorian Branch Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 28 June 2018.
June 29, 2018
Traumatised NSW Family and Community Services caseworkers are owed an apology for the department’s failure to address their mental health issues, a union says. A day after the chief of NSW Ambulance publicly apologised to paramedics who had suffered trauma and mental health problems during their work, the Public Service Association has called on FACS to do the same.
June 29, 2018
The chairman of construction group Lendlease, David Crawford, will retire from the board following the conclusion of this year’s annual general meeting on November 16. The board has selected current non-executive director and Woolworths director Michael Ullmer to succeed Mr Crawford as chairman.
June 29, 2018
Jose Miguel Dy faced seven charges of harassment at the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal earlier this year. Mr Dy had worked at the Remuera Care Home and Village since 2010, becoming a clinical manager in 2014. The tribunal heard that over the following two years he began harrassing five nurses and caregivers by making advances towards them. If they refused, he threatened to fire them. The Tribunal has ruled his actions were unacceptable and have significantly compromised the nursing profession’s standards. It added that Mr Dy was not remorseful and continued to be a risk to the public.
June 28, 2018
MECWA has been served with a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) by a staffer (Pamamull).
