NEWS-HR

Sir William Hudson Memorial Centre Ltd has had its Sir William Hudson Memorial Centre, NSWNMA, ANMF NSW Branch and HSU New South Wales Branch Enterprise Agreement 2017 approved.

St Marys Area Community Development Project. inc. (SMACD) is facing a brace of s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) from Lees and Moore.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association for its Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2016-2020 has been ratified by Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 28 August 2017.

Knoxfield Medical Centre Pty Ltd is facing a s.394 – Application for unfair dismissal remedy (Logan).

Pathways Australia Pty Ltd is set to defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Deputy President Clancy in court 3 – level 6 in Melbourne (Hill).

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association for its Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2016-2020 has been approved by Commissioner Lee in Melbourne on 28 August 2017.

Nursing home residents are being overdosed with high-risk medicines or given the wrong drugs at the wrong times by underqualified staff, a Senate inquiry established in the wake of the Oakden scandal has been told. Regulators and health professionals have warned that many residents of aged care homes are afraid to complain and that staff in some facilities have asked for residents to be sedated so that they will be easier to manage. Federal Aged Care Complaints Commissioner Rae Lamb said her office received 589 complaints in 2016 about medication administration and management. The complaints were mainly about the wrong medicines or incorrect doses being given, doses being missed or an incorrect method being used to administer drugs. “Complaints show there can be inconsistency in the skill levels of staff who administer medicine in aged care facilities,’’ Ms Lamb told the Senate community affairs committee.

Spectrum Community Focus Limited is challenging via a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) an earlier Fair Work Commission decision involving a staffer (Valenzuela).