Sunday, 30 August 2009

Care worker's rights vs clients with disabilities' rights

A decision by a public service tribunal that seems to put the rights of a worker above the needs and rights of people with intellectual disabilities and the reaction of the Director-General of DADHC's response featured on the front page of this morning's Sun-Herald:

The head of the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Jim Moore, said his duty of care to clients gave him no option but to defy an order from the little-known Government and Related Employees Tribunal last week directing him to reinstate the residential support worker within a fortnight. ''We are incredibly concerned about the tribunal's decision,'' Mr Moore said.

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