NEWS-HR

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by The Australian Croatian Cardinal Stepinac Village T/A Cardinal Stepinac Village for its Cardinal Stepinac Village, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been chequer-flagged by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 22 March 2018.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Gundagai and District Hostel Association Inc T/A Uralba Hostel for its Gundagai and District Hostel Accommodation Inc, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 23 march 2018.

Dr Trevor Wood has died. He was a distinguished leader in the medial profession. He is survived by his wife Jenny, sons Drew, Paul and David, stepsons Gareth and Justin and 12 grandchildren.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Maitland Benevolent Society Ltd T/A Benhome for its Maitland Benevolent Society Ltd, NSWNMA and HSU NSW Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 23 March 2018.

Tenterfield Care Centre Limited will defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his Sydney chambers (McLellan – Eriksson).

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application for Pinnacle HR Pty Ltd for the Bethsalem Care Aged Care Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been agreed by Fair Work Commissioner Wilson in Melbourne on 23 march 2018.

A 92-year-old woman with dementia had a teddy bear thrown in her face and her legs dropped onto a bed railing by two carers at a Perth aged care facility, a court has been told. Luz Ando Freeman and Glenda Lua are on trial in the Perth Magistrates Court charged with repeatedly assaulting Jean Robins at Morrison Lodge in Midland between September 20 and October 3, 2016. The alleged incidents were captured by a covert camera Ms Robins’s son had installed in her room after she broke her leg in a fall, to try to work out why she kept falling from her bed. Her physical and mental condition had deteriorated after she broke her femur in June 2016. Prosecutor Nicholas Van Hattem told the court Ms Robins was “difficult to care for”, but Ms Freeman and Ms Lua’s use of “excessive force” was not justified, and caused “unnecessary pain and discomfort” to the elderly woman. Ms Freeman is facing seven counts of aggravated common assault and Ms Lua has been charged with five counts. The trial has been set down for four days.

St Vincent’s Private Hospitals Ltd has to deal with a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in his Brisbane chambers at 3pm (Bolitho/Castles).