The Southern DHB has been given a three-week extension to a deadline for improving workplace conditions in extreme heat at Lakes District Hospital. WorkSafe issued three ”improvement notices” to the DHB on February 9 requiring it to assess if heat stress was a significant risk to its workers and others, and to review its processes for mitigation and engaging with staff over the issue.
February 26, 2018
More than a dozen patients were caught smoking meth while in hospital between January 2011 and June 2017. One nurse suffered a head injury during their first day on the job as they struggled to deal with an angry, drug-fuelled patient, an industry representative said.
February 26, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Yooralla for its Yooralla Disability Support Workers Agreement 2017 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 25 February 2018.
February 26, 2018
A s.319 (Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and non-transferring employees) by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has been turned down cold by Fair Work Deputy President Hamilton in Melbourne on 22 February 2018. On 24 October 2017, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation applied for orders under s.319(1)(b) and (c) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) that the Royal District Nursing Service Ltd Victorian Operations Enterprise Agreement 2016 cover non-transferring employees of RSL Care RDNS Limited performing transferring work in the State of Victoria and that the RSL Care Enterprise Agreement 20152 does not and will not cover non-transferring employees of the new employer performing transferring work in the State of Victoria.
February 23, 2018
The James Brown Memorial Trust will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Platt in his Adelaide chambers (Braithwaite).
February 23, 2018
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Latrobe Community Health Service will contest a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 10.30am.
February 23, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Mayflower Brighton for its Mayflower Health and Allied Services Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 22 February 2018.
February 23, 2018
An application by Regis Aged Care Pty Ltd (s.318 – Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees) is to be determined today.
