NEWS-HR

An application for approval of the St Vincent’s Care Services (Victoria/Tasmania) ANMF Enterprise Agreement 2017 (s.187 – application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be heard by Fair Work Deputy President Kovacic in his ACT chambers at 2pm.

Doctors in emergency departments are enduring personal attacks, verbal aggression and being belittled by other physicians, according to a new national survey. Members of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine were asked about their experiences at work, and more than one-third said they had experienced bullying. More than 2,100 emergency physicians took part in the survey.

Thompson Healthcare Pty Ltd will appear at 9.30am to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodged by an ex-staffer (Adamopoulos).

A doctor says there is a “culture of exclusivity” and he was the “victim of an insidious hate campaign” when he tried to support a 24-hour Royal Adelaide Hospital specialist service in the lead-up to a rostering blunder. On Wednesday, Flinders Medical Centre radiologist Dr Steve Chryssidis told State Coroner Mark Johns about the “toxic” environment in the RAH radiology department. “I felt that I was the victim of an insidious hate campaign,” he said. “There was an undermining culture of exclusivity and the environment was toxic — it was destructive. “I struggled in that environment and there was no acknowledgment of the efforts I had made to support the service.” Dr Chryssidis was called in to the RAH to perform clot retrievals on stroke patients Michael John Russell, 60, and Leslie Robert Graham, 87, whose deaths are now the subject of a coronial inquest.

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 (Wang).

Blue Care – Uniting Church is set to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) lodge by an ex-staff member (Dalton).

An application by Health Services Union (s.229 – Application for a bargaining order) will be decided by Commissioner Cribb in conference room E & F level 6 in Melbourne at 2.30pm.

A s.394 (unfair dismissal) claim by Candy Towers against Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council has been dismissed by Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 14 August 2017.