NEWS-HR

NewDirection Care has promoted Alasdair MacDonald to chief operating officer.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Child and Family Services Ballarat Inc T/A CAFS for its Child and Family Services Ballarat Inc Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders sitting in Newcastle on 27 April 2018.

The Mental Health Tribunal is set to defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) launched by a staffer (Cameron).

Jewish Care (Victoria) Inc is up against a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Clancy in Court 4 – Level 6 and Conference Room C – Level 6 in Melbourne (Kofmansky).

An application for approval of the Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Nurses Agreement 2017 (s.185 – Application for approval of a multi-enterprise agreement) will be heard by Fair Work Deputy President Sams in Hearing Room 14-1 – Level 14 in Sydney at 11.30am.

The Department of Human Services Centrelink is up against a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Sams in Hearing Room 14-1 – Level 14 in Sydney (Wahid).

A mental health nurse who dished out a strong, unprescribed sedative to acute teenage inpatients, including one addicted to drugs, has been banned from practising. A tribunal on Tuesday found Kevin Lloyd Picones, 27, raided hospital supplies to provide Phenergan – an antihistamine with sedative effects – to three teenagers while working as a registered nurse at a child and adolescent mental health unit in a regional NSW city.

Doutta Galla Aged Services Ltd is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Masson in his Melbourne chambers (Sharma).