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Life Without Barriers has a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) it must defend before Commissioner Hampton (by telephone ACST SA Time) in Adelaide (Drake).

Bathurst Island Housing Association Inc. will defend a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) before the Fair Work Commission Full Bench (by telephone NT Time) in Darwin at 1.30pm.

An application by Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association (289V) (s.217 – Application to vary an agreement to remove an ambiguity or uncertainty) will be heard this morning by Fair Work Deputy President Masson (Video using Microsoft Teams) in Melbourne.

Bupa’s A/NZ chief information officer Sami Yalavac has been given the role of interim managing director of Bupa Australia’s health services portfolio. A Bupa spokesperson said that previous incumbent Dwayne Crombie has “returned to New Zealand as managing director of our aged care business”. Yalavac has been Bupa’s A/NZ CIO since January 2016, with responsibility across all Bupa private health insurance, care homes, optometry, dental, telehealth and “all other Bupa business in the region”. His appointment to the acting managing director role became public by way of a low-key edit to his LinkedIn profile.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (145V) and Lyndoch Living Ltd have a 739 (application to deal with a dispute) to argue before the Full Bench by telephone AEST in Melbourne starting 3pm.

Strive Community Care Pty Ltd is facing a s.365 (application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal) in front of Fair Work Deputy President Bell (video using Microsoft Teams) in Melbourne (Christine Kasipale).

Bupa Aged Care Australia Pty Ltd has a s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must deal before Fair Work Commissioner Yilmaz by telephone AEST in Melbourne (Margaret Mills).

Insurance and Care NSW (icare) has appointed Stuart Farquharson as its new chief financial officer (CFO) to lead the organisational performance team. Farquharson will join icare from global insurer Zurich’s Australian and New Zealand general insurance arm, where he had been the CFO since July 2016. Before Zurich, he was the CFO of AIG Australia, responsible for regional finance in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea. In his new role at icare, commencing October 11, 2022, Farquharson will review and embed the insurance and care provider’s strategy within its organisational performance division and provide a strategic financial decision.