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A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by John Goss Projects Pty Ltd for its John Goss Projects Pty Ltd NSW Enterprise Agreement 2016 – 2020 has been ratified by Commissioner Wilson in Melbourne.

A s.189 (Arrangement for conduct of an election) application by the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees has been agreed by Mr Enright in Melbourne.

An application for approval of the Wong Family Trust (The Trustee for) T/As Asbestos Removed and the CFMEU (Victorian Construction and General Division) Asbestos Removal Enterprise Agreement 2016-2018 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be decided by Commissioner Gregory in his Melbourne chambers.

The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia and Wilson Fire Protection are seeking a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) resolution from Commissioner Hunt in his Brisbane chambers at 10am.

Twenty one unfair dismissal/labour dispute cases will be heard today by the Fair Work Commission. The full list is: Motorline Pty Ltd (Hodges), Max Solutions (Swan), Vision International Forwarding NQ Pty Ltd (Lynch), Construction Industry Training Centre (Bartlett), Harvey Norman (Scagliotta), Martin Craft Ceilings Pty Ltd (Wiley), Ausgrid (Davies), Ausguard Security Services Pty (Guirguis), D&R Shipwrights Pty Ltd (Hudspith), ORIX Australia Corporation Limited (Nuvoli), Latin Motion Dance Academy (Puente-Trevino), Sunnyfield Disability Services (Kafoa), Ngulingah Local Aboriginal Land Council (Smith), Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Limited (Bienias), Calvary Health Care ACT Ltd (Powell), Shaver Shop Pty Ltd (Finocchiaro), Department of Health and Human Services (Victoria), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (Wicks), The trustee for the Express Parts Trust (Corcoran), St Vincent’s Private Hospitals Ltd Victoria (Kumar), Northern Territory Commissioner for Public Employment (Moodie).

Miss Rebecca Watkins has failed to persuade the Fair Work Commission that she was unfairly dismissed by Teleperformance.

Mr Robert Maat has been refused permission to appeal against a decision made by Commissioner Cribb given on 23 November 2016 concerning his application for relief from unfair dismissal from employment he held with WCH Services Pty Ltd. In the hearing for permission to appeal, Mr Maat appeared with Mr Whelan, a friend, and there was no appearance on behalf of WCH Services. His employment with WCH Services was as a Shopping Trolley Collector, and dated from late 2014. “Mr Maat advances little in the way of submission to the Full Bench in relation to whether it is in the public interest to grant permission to appeal. His contentions in that regard are limited to the proposition that the Commissioner erred in law by finding that Mr Maat was redundant, notwithstanding that WCH Services continued to operate after his dismissal. Such a finding was not part of the Commissioner’s reasoning. Instead, she found that, notwithstanding Mr Maat’s dismissal for reason of a loss of a contract by WCH Services, his dismissal was not a case of genuine redundancy. The notice of appeal does not otherwise raise any issue of general application or importance,” ruled the Full Bench.

Only a cluster of unfair dismissal/labour dispute applications will be heard by the Fair Work Commission today. The list includes: Flick Anticimex Pty Ltd (Dalton), Oji Fibre Solutions (Aus) Pty Ltd (Ameti), MTP Marble Granite Sandstone (Chand), Sing Tao Newspapers Pty Ltd (Au), South Pacific Engineering Pty Ltd (Draca), Cable & Pipe Locations (Harris), Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) (Oliver), Auto Parts Group Pty Ltd (Stark), Opus International Consultants (Australia) Pty Ltd (Grillmeier).