Trustees for the Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn are still battling a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Fair Work Deputy President Dean in his Brisbane chambers (Crowley).
October 30, 2018
The Trustee for The Salvation Army (NSW) Social Work has a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute in relation to flexible working arrangements) matter set for hearing before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in his Sydney chambers (Kim).
October 30, 2018
A billion-dollar property development company with links to state and federal politicians has been accused of firing an employee and failing to pay him bonuses because he had cancer. Phil*, who did not want his real name published, worked in acquisitions and leasing for the Yuhu Group for almost five years, where his duties included identifying properties the developer could buy and negotiating the price.
October 29, 2018
A sleazy male nurse who hit on former patients and went as far as stalking one after their relationship ended, has been stripped of his right to practise. Glenn Scott was deregistered last month by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia after it was found he repeatedly attempted to establish personal or romantic relationships with women he met while on the job. The board heard the women were vulnerable and many were receiving treatment for addiction when he met them. It was also noted Mr Scott was previously the subject of disciplinary proceedings related to patient care and professional boundary violations, but he continued to offend anyway. In the case before the board last month, six women from two different clinics were subjected to his advances between 2012 and 2015. One woman was a patient under Mr Scott’s care at a clinic in Melbourne’s inner east, and the board was told his common method of approach included contacting them via social media, text or email. He also visited Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings some of the women attended. In 2016 he was found guilty by the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for stalking one former patient he’d had a two-year sexual relationship with between 2012 and 2014. He was fined $1500 without conviction for the offence. In handing down their decision last month, the board said other offending by Mr Scott stretched as far back as 2009, where he had sex with a former patient and supplied her with medication he was not authorised to give her.
October 29, 2018
The Health Services Union and Anglicare Tasmania Inc have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) listed for hearing by Fair Work Deputy President Barclay in Hearing Room 8 (First Floor) in Hobart this morning.
October 24, 2018
Medical staff at an Adelaide hospital used paper towel to record clinical notes for a patient who was suffering psychiatric side effects from his cancer treatment, a coronial inquest into the man’s death has heard. South Australian Coroner Mark Johns is investigating the death of James Nicholson, 65, who tried to kill himself at Noarlunga Hospital in August 2015. He never regained consciousness and died three days later in another hospital. The inquest was told that in December 2014, Mr Nicholson was prescribed a corticosteroid medication as part of his cancer treatment and about three months later his family noticed his behaviour was erratic, delusional and showed signs of paranoia. They took him to Noarlunga Hospital after he threatened to take his own life at home. In his opening address, counsel assisting the coroner Ahura Kalali said emergency department consultant Donald Hannam diagnosed Mr Nicholson with steroid-induced psychosis and placed him on a Level One Inpatient Treatment Order (ITO) which meant he would be under one-on-one supervision. “Dr Hannam informed the family that steroids can make people behave erratically and that this was not an uncommon side effect of the drug,” Mr Kalali said.
October 24, 2018
A s.185 (Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) from Woodbury Autism Education and Research Limited for its Woodbury Autism Education and Research Limited ABA Therapists Agreement 2018 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner McKenna sitting in Sydney on 22 October 2018.
October 23, 2018
Communities@Work has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must deal before Fair Work Deputy President Kovacic in his ACT chambers at 2pm (Abosede).
