Southern Cross Care (Tas) Inc is set to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an ex-staff member (Joy).
June 26, 2018
The Community and Public Sector Union and Department of Human Services have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) stoush on foot before Fair Work Deputy President Kovacic in his ACT chambers this morning.
June 26, 2018
Sunfresh Health Pty Ltd has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) it intends defending before Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers (Gooley).
June 26, 2018
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Pty Ltd has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) it must resolve before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne (Dobler).
June 26, 2018
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Japara Healthcare Limited have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne today.
June 26, 2018
A NSW magistrate has condemned the assault of an “extremely vulnerable” dementia patient in a Sydney aged-care facility after footage was shown in court of the woman being struck with her own rubbish. Dana Maree Gray, 59, has pleaded guilty to one count of common assault against the 85-year-old resident of The Poplars nursing home in North Epping, where she worked, in 2017. In Burwood Local Court on Monday, magistrate Robyn Denes refused an application from Gray’s lawyer for her matter to be heard under the Mental Health Act and adjourned it for sentence on August 15.
June 26, 2018
A drug-dealing nurse faces losing her registration for trafficking deadly painkillers that she ordered in the names of aged-care residents. Working at an aged-care facility in Lysterfield as a nurse, Aneta Kramarz was responsible for ordering boxes of powerful oxycodone painkillers for patients. A police raid on Ms Kramarz’s home found many empty boxes of medication she had ordered from a local pharmacy in the name of residents at the facility. Police were called when it was noticed Ms Kramarz, in breach of the facility’s policy for the collection of medications, often went to collect the painkillers from the pharmacy. In all, police said Ms Kramarz obtained 50 boxes of Endone 5mg tablets consisting of 1000 pills and 15 boxes of Oxynorm consisting of 300 pills. In a criminal proceeding last year, Ms Kramarz pleaded guilty to trafficking a drug of dependence and obtaining the oxycodone pills by deception. She was placed on a Community Corrections Order without conviction. The matter was referred to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal by the Nursing and Midwifery Board to assess the seriousness of her conduct. VCAT last week found Ms Kramarz had engaged in professional misconduct and that her conduct meant she was not a fit and proper person to hold a registration as a nurse.
June 25, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Uniting NSW ACT T/A for the Uniting Aged Care Enterprise Agreement (ACT) 2017 has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Masson sitting in Melbourne on 22 June 2018.
