TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – identity of employer – ss.311, 394 Fair Work Act 2009 – application for relief from unfair dismissal – correct identity of the employer – whether second respondent true employer – no express contract between applicant and second respondent – no transfer of business – whether contract should be implied – no proper basis to infer new contract existed with second respondent – whether corporate veil should be lifted and the different corporate entities set aside to find second respondent true employer – based upon limited material before the Commission correct identity of the employer found to be first respondent – resignation – whether dismissal at initiative of first respondent – 5 week period of notice given by applicant – employer later intervened to terminate the employment immediately – intervening event constituted dismissal at initiative of employer – Commission found dismissal harsh, unjust and unreasonable – ordered compensation of $7,848. McCulloch v ACN 165 180 503 P/L t/a Blackwood Fitness; Forward Half P/L t/a Blackwood Fitness

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