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HR Toolbox Edition 15 – 2018
Latest decisions An unusually close relationship between an employee and employer nullifies bullying claim Ms McCutcheon, who was employed as an...
Court orders brain surgery on 12-month-old baby against parents’ wishes
Baby K was born on 22 July 2017 with cortical dysplasia in the left hemisphere of his brain. As a consequence, K suffers from a form of epilepsy...
Nanny-cams and Home Care Services
Laws relating to surveillance cameras and devices operate at the state and federal level. In WA the applicable Acts are the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)...
Doctor denied procedural fairness by Tribunal
Proceedings had been commenced in the Tribunal by the Medical Board alleging a breach of professional boundaries, sexual misconduct, misleading...
HR Toolbox Edition 14 – 2018
Latest news Minimum wage increase The Fair Work Commission’s Minimum Wage Panel recently decided to increase the national minimum wage including all...
No obligation on Tribunal to make all or any combination of protective orders available
Following the making of findings of professional misconduct against a registered nurse who had commenced a sexual relationship with a patient under...
HR Toolbox Edition 13 – 2018
Latest news Launch of Online Unfair Dismissals Benchbook The Fair Work Commission has launched an interactive online version of the unfair dismissal...
Services and places in aged care & Government spending on aged care
GEN Services and places in aged care reports on the services providing aged care and the number of places provided. The data have been updated...
Hospital, obstetrician sued for negligence after stillbirth of baby
Background On 13 January 2011, KS was admitted to Calvary Private Hospital. She was a patient of Dr Foote, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, and...
Peer professional opinion and irrationality
In South Western Sydney Local Health District v Gould [2018] NSWCA 69, the NSW Court of Appeal overturned the District Court decision in which the...