ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS – dispute about matter arising under agreement – s.739 Fair Work Act 2009 – dispute under the Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Melbourne Distribution Centre Enterprise Agreement 2017 as to whether employees are entitled to a meal allowance if they work more than one hour of overtime – considered ordinary meaning of words of clause having regard to context and evident purpose of relevant terms – consideration of the term ‘return’ – dispute determined – found that meal allowance not payable to employees who can reasonably return home for a meal at any time during a period of work that includes ordinary hours, meal and/or rest breaks and more than one hour of overtime. National Union of Workers v Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd t/a Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API)
November 8, 2017
The Department of Social Services is facing a (s.394 – Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Kovacic in Canberra at 2pm (Amess).
November 6, 2017
Collingwood’s chief medical officer has been stripped of his medical licence. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has this week moved to place Dr Chris Bradshaw on suspension. The ruling means Bradshaw is banned from practising medicine in Australia.
November 6, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Silver Chain Group Ltd T/A Silver Chain for its Silver Chain Group Limited Registered and Enrolled Nurses’ Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been approved by Deputy President Gostencnik in Melbourne on 2 November 2017.
November 6, 2017
Regis Aged Care Pty Ltd is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Commissioner McKenna in Hearing Room 12-2 – level 12 in Sydney at 4pm (Wang).
November 6, 2017
Mater Health Services (Mater Misericordiae Health Services Brisbane Limited) is set to defend a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in his Melbourne chambers (Cook).
November 3, 2017
Lawyers for the family of a pregnant indigenous woman who died after being sent home by hospital staff in the NSW Riverina are investigating racism allegations. The 27-year-old woman was six months pregnant and suffering from a severe headache when she presented to the emergency department at the Tumut Hospital in the state’s Riverina in January 2016 and was sent home. Twelve hours later she was dead.
November 3, 2017
A s.185 – Enterprise agreement application by The Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane T/A Anglicare Southern Queensland for its Clerical Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017-2019 has been approved by Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 2 November 2017.
