NEWS-HR

Tanunda Lutheran Home Inc will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) today before Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers (Crampton).

An application for termination of the Elan Medical Supplies Enterprise Agreement 2009 (s.225 – Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date) will be determined by Fair Work Senior Deputy President Hamberger in his Sydney chambers at 1.15pm

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Mary MacKillop Care SA Ltd for the Calvary Mary MacKillop Care SA Nursing Employees ANMF South Australian Branch (Aged Care) Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 20 April 2018.

Yaburara and Coastal Mardudhunera Aboriginal Corporation will put up a defence to a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Fair Work Deputy President Binet in his Perth chambers (Cosmos).

The South Australian Liberal Government has moved swiftly to replace the head of the state’s Health Department, confirming the rumoured appointment of West Australian Christopher McGowan. Premier Steven Marshall said Dr McGowan, the current chief executive of health provider Silver Chain, had long-standing experience in both the public and private health sector. “I’m delighted to welcome Dr McGowan to the important role of chief executive of SA Health, the largest Department in the State Government,” Mr Marshall said. He thanked the outgoing chief executive Vickie Kaminski, whose exit from the South Australian public service follows the sacking of four other senior chief executives at a cost of $2 million, including the head of the Premier’s Department Don Russell.

The staff of a local aged care provider in Deakin turned up to work yesterday morning to see one of their vehicles balancing on two large rocks – minus all four wheels. Staff from the Uniting aged care provider discovered that the four wheels on their Toyota Yaris were stolen during the night. The theft is not the first time that Uniting has found their vehicles damaged. Wednesday night’s theft is the third incident involving Uniting’s vehicles in the past couple of years after their bus was vandalised and another vehicle was broken into. Uniting has a fleet of four cars and a bus that are used to transport aged people in need and provide assistance such as nursing, shopping, getting out in the community and in-home help including showering and dressing, cleaning, clothes washing and ironing.

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – high income threshold – enterprise agreement coverage – ss.382, 394 Fair Work Act 2009 – application for unfair dismissal remedy – earnings above high income threshold – whether public sector enterprise agreement applied within the meaning of s.382(b)(ii) of the FW Act – issue of construction of enterprise agreement alleged to apply – considered application of ss.52-53 – Commission found exclusionary provision applied – applicant not a person protected from unfair dismissal – application dismissed. Collins v Bendigo Health Care Group

An application for termination of the CareFlight Rotary Wing Flight Nurse Enterprise Agreement 2015-2017 (s.225 – Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date) will be the preserve of Fair Work Commissioner Simpson in his Brisbane chambers at 2.30pm.