NEWS-HR

Nieves Murray takes on national CEO role for Suicide Prevention Australia.

An application by Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association (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.

Forty-four new nurses and midwives began orientation at the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service yesterday. About 60 per cent of the group — the second intake for 2018 — are under 25, with the youngest aged 20 and oldest over 45 years. They will be employed on 12-month contracts, with some working in areas such as intensive care, medical and surgical wards, or at rural hospitals such as Babinda and Mossman.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and RSL Care RDNS Limited are embroiled in a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) before the Fair Work Full Bench in Conference Room A in Brisbane.

OneCare has appointed Mary O’Neill as the facility manager at the Rubicon Grove facility in Port Sorell.

The Department of Human Services has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) with which it must contend before Fair Work Deputy President Anderson in his Adelaide chambers (O’Connell).

Flinders University Health Service has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) it must defend before Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers (Shippey).

A Barmera rally calling for the introduction of staffing laws to protect aged care residents saw an extra 150 people join the cause.