NEWS-HR

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Summer Hill Aged Care Services – Nursing Home Pty Ltd for its Summer Hill Aged Care Service – Nursing Home Pty Ltd, NSWNMA, ANMF NSW Branch and HSU New South Wales Branch Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been agreed by Commissioner Saunders in Melbourne on 5 September 2017.

Mater Health Services North Queensland Limited has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) being heard by Commissioner Simpson in hearing room 2 in Brisbane (King).

The 160-bed residential facility in Inverell is in norovirus lockdown said Sarah Wade, General Manager Residential Services at McLean Care.

Peninsula Village Limited & Evergreen Life Care Limited and Others are still trying to get a s.576(2)(aa)(Promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes) past Deputy President Booth at Evergreen Life Care 22-32 Yallambee Ave West Gosford NSW 2250.

An eighth person has died following a flu outbreak at an aged-care facility in Victoria as 14 more facilities reported outbreaks over the weekend. The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday confirmed the death at the St John’s Retirement Village in Wangaratta after an outbreak of the influenza virus last month.

Tasmania’s public health services are monitoring influenza-like illnesses at health and aged care facilities following the death of six nursing home residents. An influenza outbreak hit the Strathdevon aged care facility at Latrobe between August 9 and 16, claiming the lives of six people. In a statement today, Director of Public Health Mark Veitch said 14 health and aged care facilities across the state are being monitored.

Xped Limited has appointed Peter Hunt as Non-Executive Chairman of the Company.

An application by Healthscope Operations Limited (s.217 – Application to vary an agreement to remove an ambiguity or uncertainty) will be heard by Commissioner Cirkovic in hearing room 8, first floor in Hobart today.