A s.372 (General protections) order sought by Jacinta Hynes against the Rail Industry Safety And Standards Board has been refused by Deputy President Lake in Brisbane on 17 April 2020. The case summary: “Application for costs order – s.372 conciliation conference – voluntary participation in telephone conference – application for costs made under s.376 and s.611- separate application with Queensland Human Rights Commission – whether application had ‘no reasonable prospects of success’ – whether application was ‘vexatious’ or ‘without reasonable cause’ – application for costs dismissed.”
April 7, 2020
A Broome Hospital health worker has tested positive to coronavirus, becoming the fifth confirmed case in the Kimberley region. According to the WA Country Health Service, the staff member had a history of intrastate travel but did not have any unprotected face-to-face contact with patients and followed the correct protocols at all times. The WACHS statement said contact tracing of staff and patients has, and continues to occur in line with the Department of Health’s screening guidelines.
April 3, 2020
The line is starting to lengthen for a Fair Work Commission hearing: Virgin Australia Group (Souleles), Virgin Australia Pty Ltd (Wardle), Envirotech Pty Ltd (Ledden), Pirtek Newcastle represented by Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (Whackett), Bong Bong Orthopaedics (Coltman), Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd (Schweickle), Life Without Barriers (Sharp), Life Without Barriers & Department of Health and Human Services Victoria (Gigimon), Van Dairy Group Pty Ltd (Nicholls), Southern Midlands Council (Bryant), Victorian Person Centred Services Limited (Barisic), Yass Valley Aged Care Ltd (Turland), Integrated Pest Management Systems (Canberra) Pty Ltd (Fan), Green Fuels Qld Pty Ltd (Lowe), Nokia Solutions and Network (Hogendorn), Orquidia Au Pty Ltd (Piercy), Beaumont Care Pty Ltd (Rose), Bags to Co (Smith), Clayton Church Homes Inc (Bilstein), EFEX Group Pty Ltd (Bennett), Rebound Stadium (Ryan), Melissa Eileen Horvat (Smith), Bundura Park Pty Ltd (Grisanti), Stratco Pty Ltd (Martin-Howes), Haggleco Pty Ltd ATF The Trustee For Enny Haggle Family Trust & The Trustee for The Renato Trust & The Trustee For VAFA Haggle Family Trust (Kariyawasam), Botany Group Pty Ltd (Papadimitriou).
April 2, 2020
The Fair Work Commission lawlist for today has the following cases listed: FibreCycle (Potter), ACH Group (Urbanski), CBMG North Pty Ltd (Sully), Safe Places Community Services (Barton), Maree Jennifer Services (Maclure), Coral Princess Cruises (N.Q.) Pty Ltd (Marson), Endeavour Foundation (Wise), Programmed Integrated Workforce Limited ( Barsby), 1800Drivers Pty Ltd (Carroll), Condari Pty Ltd (Freeman), Riveria Taxis & Hire Cars Pty Ltd (Pyther), Montarosi Pty Ltd (Sutherland), Sleepeezee Bedding (Boyd), Al Siraat College Inc & Arain and Others (Chopra), BMT Western Australia Pty Ltd (Brooks), Hudson Homes Pty Ltd (McHugh), NSW Department of Customer Service (Apostolovic), O’Brient Aluminium Pty Ltd (Brenycz), Ausflam Fire Systems (Ballarino), Global Disability and Health Care Services (Ahmed), Laser Bend Weld (Beesela), Kaizen Hospitals (Holoryd) Pty Ltd (Bassos), Citysleepz (Casanova), Catholic Healthcare Limited (McLochlan), Transit (NSW) Services Pty Ltd (Yerdhali-nanjaiah), REOI Staffing Solutions Pty Ltd (Young), Tasmanian Water & Sewerage Corporation Pty Ltd (Nash).
March 24, 2020
The Fair Work Commission lawlist line to hear labour disputes is lengthening: Byose Asende (Kilmo), Department of Transport (Arivalagan), Crown Melbourne Ltd (Perera), Uber Australia Pty Ltd (Bradaric), Sydney Trains (Vasiljevski), Moolarben Coal Operations Pty Ltd (Peters), Phillip Purnell (Danzey), Bong Bong Orthopaedics (Coltman), Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd (Hargense), ANZ (Xie), RSL LifeCare (Hooshmand), Argyle Community Housing Ltd (McMahon), SAM Technology Engineer (Perry), Kitco Transport Australia Pty Ltd (Pelham), Uniting Church in Australia Property Tryst (Q) (Esguerra), Halabi Pty Ltd (Yu), Wat-er Blast Pty Ltd (Alford), BHP Coal Pty Ltd (Murray), Mason Place Pty Ltd (Mahar), Teys Australia Beenleight Pty Ltd (Muhinyuza), Australian Federal Police (Rooke), JM Eyewear (Mune), Australian Affiliated Services (Gregory), Estia Investments Pty Ltd (McRural), Stefan Pty Ltd (Kalia), Rightway Automotive Services Pty Ltd (Sardelis), Prosegur Australia Pty Ltd (Stuckey), Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd (Cooper), ACIRL Quality Testing Services Pty Ltd (Corrigan), Kal Tire (Groves & Allgood and Others), Black Betty Hospitality Group Pty Ltd (Harris), Your Bookkeepers Online Pty Ltd (part of Moore Stephens NSW), Knight Watch Security Pty Ltd (Paramore), DP World Sydney Limited (Field), Tailor Made Fish Farms Pty Ltd (Spencer), Printforce Australia Pty Ltd (Fren), Ballarat Health Services (Keen), Midland Tractors (Hull), Pea in a Pod Pty Ltd (Birkill), Monash Shire Council (Jordan), QBE (Allen), James Place/Tomato Backpackers/Kozpropick Pty (Jitungo), BA Group Commercial Plumbing (Ristevski), Australian Institute of Creative Design (Kingston), Give Star Mobile Services Pty Ltd (Evans), Quest Digital Business Pty Ltd (Marchisio), Endeavour Foundation (Wise), Ultiqa Developments Pty Ltd (Duncan), WPIAS Pty Ltd (Williams).
March 24, 2020
The Fair Work Commission continues to hear labour disaffection cases. The lawlist for today includes: Steggles Foods Mt Kuring-Gai Pty Ltd (Colley), Centre Care 146 Pty Ltd (Seth), CPTB Accountants Pty Ltd (Yang), Tailor Made Fish Farms Pty Ltd (Spencer), Mobilla Di Lusso Italiano Pty Ltd (Kircher), Ryan Wilks Pty Ltd (Puszka), NT Government (Vasilev), NSW Trains (Luyt), Taree Toyota (Keep), Water Corporation (Bui), QT Hotels and Resorts Pty Ltd (Ribaudo), BIS Industries Limited (Dunk), Toni and Guy Chatswood (Donian), Toll Transports Pty Ltd (Tharmalinkam), Darwin Performing Arts Centre (Arnon), Candal Investments Pty Ltd (Allen, Sorensen, West, Wynbergen), Victoria University (Kerig), Supported Tenancy Accommodation and Respite Tasmania Inc (Knowles), Jossimo Pty Ltd (Phillippossian), The University of Melbourne (Pilbrow), Sun Jinghzhi Pty Ltd (Mazzacca), William Angliss Institute (Thirunavukarasu), Coles Supermarkets Australia (Rooke), Wainwright Facades Pty Ltd (Savic), Rock Ridge Farming Pty Ltd (Willis), Hostel Reef Trips (Park), Dramet Pty Ltd (Watego), Cairns Local Cars Pty Ltd (Dunlea), Deus Qld Pty Ltd (Salpietro), Darwin Performing Arts Centre (Arnon), NT Government (Vasilev), Qube Ports Pty Ltd (Fraser) and Shane Stevens Plumbing (Thompson).
March 20, 2020
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Access Safety Services Pty Ltd for its AMWU and The Access Safety Services Collective Bargaining Workshop Agreement 2020 has been ratified by Fair Work Commission Yilmaz in Melbourne on 17 March 2020.
March 19, 2020
The Fair Work Commission has extended labour dispute hearing list to process: Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd (Auld, Berthelsen, Crook, D’Andrea, Dunphy, Fitzegerald, Hartley, Hobby, Jenkins, Jinks, Kelleher, LEvery, Liebrand, Manthorpe, McNeilage, Meuleman, Nassaris, O’Brien, Rigby, Scott, Sirasch, Zisis), Dr Gordon Slater Pty Ltd (Rosenblum), G.J Gardner. Homes (Curry), Rail Commissioner (Scoleri), Aged Care and Housing Group Inc (ACH Group) (De Angelis), Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd (Harnett), Bramalco (Weniton), Australian Maritime & Fisheries Academy (Francis), Empire Office Furniture (Vance), Cogstate Limited (Steer), Teys Australia Beenleigh Pty Ltd (Muhinyuza), Ray Fry Investments Pty Ltd (Wind), Workplace Consulting (Jarchow), Cater Care (Hope), Dominos Pizza Enterprises (Reball), Bramalco (Weniton), Australia Maritime & Fisheries Academy (Francis), Keridale Pty Ltd (Bracher), Australian Federal Police (McTaggart), Comcare (Australian Government) (Hattam), LodgeX Pty Ltd (Duri), Hays Recruitment (Colina), Nickal Pty Ltd (Montgomry), Catering Equipment Discounters Pty Ltd (Podesta), Cleanwash Products Pty Ltd (Podesta), Dishtec Pty Ltd (Podesta), Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd (Biviano), Nicholas Thomas Hale (Ferguson), Sportsmens Club Hotel Pty Ltd (Clear), Castle Personnel (Johnston), Active Kids Pre School Centre of Excellence Pty Ltd (Phair), The Trustee for SHSFM Trust (Piffarelli), Labour Walan NSW Pty Ltd (Shepard), M & S Fabrications Pty Ltd (Rominski), Broadspectrum (Australia) Pty Ltd & Managment & Training Corporation Pty Ltd (Abbott), The Trustee For Lifehouse Australia Trust (Butson), Multimedia Technology Pty Ltd (Purss), City Facilities Management (Aust) Pty Ltd (Micheal), TPG Holdings Pty Ltd (Dymond) and Taree Toyota (Keep).
