NEWS-HR

A s.365 (General protections) order sought by Melanie Lugg against the Australian Foundation for Disability has been rejected by Deputy President Colman in Melbourne on 1 October 2021. “Ms Melanie Lugg (applicant) has made an application under s 365 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act) alleging that she was dismissed by the Australian Foundation for Disability (respondent) wholly or partly for a proscribed reason in contravention of the general protections provisions in Part 3-1 of the Act. The application was not accompanied by the fee prescribed by the regulations. The applicant has not responded to correspondence from the Commission alerting her to the deficiency, nor has she rectified the deficiency. I have decided to dismiss the application under s 587 of the Act for the following reasons.”

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (145V) and Ballan & District Soldiers Memorial Bush Nursing Hospital & Hostel Inc T/A Ballan District Health and Care have a s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) on foot before Commissioner Cirkovic (video using Microsoft Teams) in Victoria today.

United Protestant Association of NSW must face a s.526 (application to deal with a dispute involving stand down) before Commissioner Johns Australian Eastern Standard Time (NSW Time) in Sydney (Lee).

Concentric Healthcare Services has announced the appointment of Nick Beckett as their new Managing Director.

St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Limited has a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) to answer before Deputy President Easton Australian Eastern Standard Time (NSW Time) in Sydney (Sikic).

Hycare Medical Services Pty Ltd (Hycare) is facing a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Commissioner Hampton (in Chambers) in Adelaide (Dinh).

The board of People With Disability Australia is pleased to announce that following an internal recruitment process, PWDA’s Interim CEO Sebastian Zagarella has accepted an offer from the Board to become PWDA’s CEO on a permanent basis.

Sumone Chakravarti has joined the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIS) as strategy and priorities general manager.