CASE PROCEDURES – confidentiality – s.394 Fair Work Act 2009 – employer made an application seeking Orders for hearing/s to be conducted in private and that any documents identifying the child, the school, and the name and location of employer be prohibited from publication – primary consideration in seeking Orders was the protection of the emotional well-being and future development of a vulnerable individual – employee opposed the Orders sought – Commission adopted principle of open justice [Seven Network] – satisfied that identification and the location of the employer carried a significant risk that the school and, more importantly, the student, would be open to identification and possibility the student interests would be unfairly damaged – Commission noted grating the Orders would not ‘frustrate the administration of justice’ – satisfied it was appropriate to make the Orders, Butler v Respondent.

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