NEWS-HR

A s.394 (Unfair dismissal) application by Sohail Bacha against the Ngaanyatjarra Health Service remains bogged down in jurisdictional harrumphing.

The Health Services Union and Eastern Health are in s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) armwrestle before Commissioner Cribb on Conference Room E and Conference Room F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 12.30pm

Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union of Employees and St Vincent’s Care Services will run their s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers at 2pm.

A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Family Based Care Association North West Inc T/A Family Based Care Association North West for its Family Based Care Association North West Inc Enterprise Agreement 2017 has succeeded with Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 22 May 2018.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Alcyone Care Pty Ltd T/A Just Better Care Hills District; Hunter Care Services Pty Limited T/A Just Better Care Newcastle Hunter; LTC Care Services Pty Ltd T/A Just Better Care Ryde, Parramatta and Just Better Care Bankstown; Lana and Terry Beyond Care Pty Ltd T/A Just Better Care Macarthur and Just Better Care Central West for Just Better Care Multi Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 23 May 2018.

TLC Forest Lodge Residential Aged Care will front to defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Court 4 and Conference Room C – Level 6 in Melbourne at 2pm (Babu).

A s.437 (Protected action) application by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch) naming the City of Greater Geelong has been issued by Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti in Darwin on 22 May 2018.

A s.604 (Appeal of decision) by Inna Grabovsky to keep United Protestant Association of NSW Limited T/A UPA on the hook for an unfair dismissal claim has been deemed by the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (Vice President Catanzariti, Commissioner Bissett, Commissioner Hunt) as “not in the public interest”.