TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – contract for specified season – ss.394, 400, 604 Fair Work Act 2009 – appeal – Full Bench – at first instance the Commission found that appellant was a seasonal employee and finished work when the season ended – Commission found appellant not dismissed – grounds for the appeal included that the Commission did not distinguish between an employee contracted for a specified season and an employee engaged for multiple seasons, that Commission incorrectly applied s.382(2)(a) of the FW Act, and failed to consider continuity of service provisions in enterprise agreement and that appellant was denied procedural fairness – the Full Bench found Commission took the matters into account – Navitas considered – found procedural fairness was upheld – application for the admission of fresh evidence refused – Full Bench not satisfied that any of the appellant’s grounds of appeal had been made out – permission to appeal granted – appeal dismissed – each party to bear their own costs. Appeal by Galbraith against decision of Spencer C of 7 December 2017 [[2017] FWC 4410] Re: Wilmar Sugar P/L t/a Wilmar Sugar

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