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Intern’s fight for payout in redundancy case
The outcome of a newly registered pharmacist’s redundancy case hinged on whether her employer offered suitable alternative employment Ms B worked as an intern pharmacist at an Anzac Square, Brisbane …
Penalty rates appeal goes to Court
The Fair Work Commission did not recognise the impact of penalty rates cuts on low-earning staff in the retail and hospitality industries, a court has heard The appeal against the …
Psych suspended for S8, S4D overprescribing
The specialist doctor only stopped after pharmacists pulled him up on his prescribing practices A Sydney psychiatrist has been suspended by AHPRA after a tribunal found him guilty of inappropriately …
To whom is the money owed?
Healthcare giant Ramsay is in a legal stoush with a former distributor it claims owes a debt of nearly $10m Ramsay Health Care Australia has recently lost an appeal in …
When is a shopping centre not a shopping centre?
Yen Yab’s pharmacy has been sitting empty since January… thanks to a quirk of the location rules Waverley Family Healthcare has submitted a petition to Health Minister Greg Hunt asking …
Fired after sex toy site discovery
CSL has been ordered to pay eight weeks’ salary to a brand manager after it was found he was wrongly dismissed The termination was made against a background of alleged …
Pharmacist misused oxycodone, alprazolam
A pharmacist who misappropriated OxyNorm and Kalma has been given a formal reprimand by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal The North Melbourne pharmacist suffered a rib injury in 2012, …
Ovarian cancer patient wins $525 million from J&J
It is the largest payout so far in a string of lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson and its talc-based products A US jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to …
Ex-pharmacist returns to Supreme Court
The pharmacist at the centre of a counterfeit sildenafil scandal has again appealed to have his registration reinstated Mina Attia, the former owner of Shopsmart Wholesale pharmacies across Sydney, had his …
GP banned from prescribing S8, S4D drugs
His overprescribing patterns affected 13 patients, many of whom were drug dependent or recovering from dependency According to a decision released this week, Dr Angelo Arreza was found to have …
Compounding pharmacist to pay $73,000 in damages
A recent Federal Court case highlights the risk and cost to compounding pharmacies that do not adhere to guidelines The Melbourne compounding pharmacist in question had supplied their own compounded …
Breaking up is hard to do
This pharmacy owner found terminating her stake in a partnership wasn’t as easy as first thought Three NSW pharmacy owners have had a legal stoush over the ending of a …