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Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill – Update 3
Status of Bill The Senate referred the Bill to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee. The Committee’s report was tabled on 22...
Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill 2022 – Update 2
Status of Bill An amended version of the Bill was passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday 10 November 2022. The Senate inquiry into the...
Registered Nurses to be on duty 24/7 in Aged Care Facilities
Responsibilities related to Registered Nurses Under new amendments to the Aged Care Act 1997, an approved provider who provides residential care or...
Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill introduced to Parliament
If passed, the Bill will make numerous amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act) and related legislation. The government says its aims are to...
Aged Care Work Value Case – Decision Summary (4 November 2022)
The increases are interim increases. The FWC plans to hold future hearings to determine whether additional increases should be granted – bearing in...
Significant Changes to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
The Background The National Law is enacted individually by each State and Territory in parallel (or very similar terms) to achieve uniformity across...
Court finds radiologist’s failure to diagnose an anatomical spinal condition did not cause chronic pain syndrome
Background Her symptoms were treated conservatively, however, by March 2012, when the appellant was aged 18 years, the pain in her left hip...
Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave to become NES Entitlement in 2023
The 10 days of paid FDVL will be included as a National Employment Standard (NES) in the FW Act, and will replace the current entitlement of 5 days...
SIRS for Home Care Providers – what you need to know
SIRS has two key components: Incident Management obligations; and Compulsory Reporting obligations. Incident Management Obligations The SIRS...
Health Fund Audits: They can’t do that….can they?
Health insurance funds in Australia pay in the vicinity of $2 billion towards dental services annually.[1] An intrinsic part of the way dental...