A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association for its New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association and Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation New South Wales Branch Employment Enterprise Agreement has been approved by Fair Work Deputy President Beaumont in Perth on 8 February 2018.
February 12, 2018
The Health Services Union and Alfred Health are in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) joust before Commissioner Cribb in Melbourne with two separate applications.
February 12, 2018
A man charged with assaulting an elderly woman at a suburban Adelaide aged care home has been granted bail by a Supreme Court judge. Phillip Jason Athanasos, 45, who had been employed as a carer at the Pines Lodge aged care home at Plympton, was arrested last month and charged with aggravated assault causing harm. The Supreme Court has heard the 81-year-old woman he allegedly assaulted was hospitalised with serious head injuries including bleeding on her brain. Athanasos denies the allegations and the court has previously heard he claimed to have found the elderly woman on the floor of her room after a fall. The carer was initially denied bail by a Magistrate, but sought a review of that decision in the Supreme Court. His lawyer, Martin Anders, told the court Athanasos had the support of his parents and friends, including a colleague at the home. “They speak glowingly of him, his attitude towards patients, fellow staff members and his attitude toward his duties as a carer,” Mr Anders told the court. The court heard the 81-year-old woman had now been discharged from hospital. Mr Anders said the case naturally evoked sympathy, but urged the court to assess the application for bail “dispassionately”. He said his client feared for his safety in prison and had been kept in isolation for his own protection. “He has genuine fear for his safety,” Mr Anders said.
February 12, 2018
Aboriginal Family Legal Service Southern Queensland Indigenous Corporation is facing a s.365 (Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) in front of Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in his Melbourne chambers (NZE – Bertram).
February 12, 2018
Glengara Retirement Village, Tumbi Umbi, resident, Ms Margaret Smith, has taken out the Highly Commended Community Service and Activity, Central Coast Australia Day, Award.
February 9, 2018
The Health Services Union and Harbinson Memorial Retirement Village are contesting a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Riordan in his Sydney chambers at 9.30am
February 9, 2018
An application by CPSU (the Community and Public Sector Union), a s.229 (Application for a bargaining order) is with Deputy President Kovacic in Conference Room A in Brisbane for decision.
February 9, 2018
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Danila Dilba Biluru Butji Binnilutlum Health Service Aboriginal Corporation have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) alive before Commissioner Bissett in the Hearing Room in Darwin.
