NEWS-HR

Uniting Care Qld is facing a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers (Forrest).

A s.394 (Unfair dismissal) application from Kate Dean against Allied Health Services Australia/Rehabilitation at Home has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne on 14 June 2018.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Christadelphian Welfare Association (Vic) Inc T/A Olivet Aged Persons Home for the Olivet Aged Person’s Home Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 18 June 2018.

An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) will be heard by Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne.

Health Services Union and Lyndoch Living Inc have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) on foot before Fair Work Deputy President Hamilton in Court 5 and Conference Room D – Level 6 in Melbourne.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Women’s Health West Inc T/A Women’s Health West for the Women’s Health West Incorporated Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been allowed by Fair Work Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 18 June 2018.

Nurses at Townsville Hospital claim they have been refused permanent security guards after a string of vicious assaults. The Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union will be requesting an “urgent review” of workplace health and safety at the Alec Illin Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit. Nurses in the unit said staff had repeatedly approached management at meetings with requests for a guard in their unit after a number of assaults. The Townsville Hospital and Health Service revealed the board will this week consider a recommendation to trial increasing security in the unit temporarily.

A s.225 (Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date) by Challenge Community Services Pty Ltd T/A Challenge Community Services for the Challenge Disability Services Workplace Agreement 2009 has been agreed by Fair Work Commissioner Johns sitting in Sydney on 18 June 2018.