ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS – dispute about matter arising under agreement – ss.604, 739 of Fair Work Act 2009 – appeal – Full Bench – dispute arises under respondent’s Enterprise Agreement – number of persons employed on permanent basis with prior contiguous periods of service as casuals, working on regular and systematic basis with no break between periods of service – workers employed as casuals and paid wage rate of permanent employee as specified under agreement – employees terminated by reason of redundancy – Riordan C found prior contiguous service did not count towards calculation of period of service as they were paid loading to compensate them for notice and redundancy payment entitlements – Cockerel considered – Act does not exclude period of regular and systematic casual employment from definition of service or continuous service for purpose of severance payments – held Commissioner in error – permission to appeal granted – appeal allowed – decision of Riordan C quashed. Appeal by “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) against decision of Riordan C of 22 February 2016 [[2016] FWC 638] Re: Donau P/L
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