NEWS-HR

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) lodged by Australian People for Health Education & Development Abroad Inc T/A Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA for the Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA Staff Agreement 2018-2019 has been ratified by Fair Work Commissioner Lee sitting in Melbourne on 15 June 2018.

Community Solutions is fighting a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Hunt in his Brisbane chambers (Chartier).

An application by SecondBite (s.120 – Application to vary redundancy pay for other employment or incapacity to pay) is due for hearing by Fair Work Deputy President Barclay by telephone.

Michael Price, chief executive officer of the Intellectual Disability Foundation of St George has been awarded an OAM for his service to people with a disability.

Pam Beckhouse honoured for her service to people with a disability.

Karen Burdett has been appointed the new chief executive of Cram Foundation.

A paramedic has been injured after a man smashed an ambulance windscreen with a metal bar in Queensland’s Fraser Coast region. Police say the 56-year-old pedestrian was at a Maryborough intersection when he attacked the vehicle just after 12am on Tuesday. The bar shattered glass which sprayed into the driver’s eye. Maryborough Officer in Charge Marco Polino said a patient was inside the vehicle when the random man flagged them down. “He pulled out a metal pole and began striking the front driver’s side windscreen of the vehicle,” Mr Polino said.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Alcyone Care Pty Ltd T/A Just Better Care Hills District; Hunter Care Services Pty Limited T/A Just Better Care Newcastle Hunter; LTC Care Services Pty Ltd T/A Just Better Care Ryde, Parramatta and Just Better Care Bankstown; Lana and Terry Beyond Care Pty Ltd T/A Just Better Care Macarthur and Just Better Care Central West for Just Better Care Multi Enterprise Agreement 2018 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner Saunders in Newcastle on 23 May 2018.