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The Christmas rush is on to clear the unfair dismissal/labour disputes in tray at the Fair Work Commission. Thirty-four applications are listed for hearing today. The list includes: Life Without Barriers (Davis), HK Group Pty Limited (Sirl), P&E Foods Pty Ltd (Hassan), Townsville Aboriginal & Islander Health Service (TAIHS) (Reiners), Broens Industries Pty Ltd (Tilbrook), McGregor Pty Ltd (Vlastos), Babatjie Holdings Pty Ltd (Borg), IAG Australia Pty Ltd (Russo), North Queensland Primary Health Network (Davie), Data#3 Limited (Dudeck), Salvation Army (Walker), Startrack Pty Ltd (Mason), FRIENDS TOGETHER UNIT TRUST (Barnes), Alice Springs Town Council (Albert), Seljo (NT) Pty Ltd (Subramanian), Nyrstar Port Pirie Pty Ltd (Stevens), ZNX Pty Ltd (Baker), Aluminium Balustrades (Phillips), TNT Australia Pty Ltd (Pryke), United Petroleum Pty Ltd (Barry), Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc (Brewer), ADCON RESOURCES PTY LTD (Bessell), North Queensland Primary Health Network (Davie), VIP Bidco Pty Ltd (Oldfield), Playground Queensland Limited (Coombe), Southern Queensland Steel Pty Ltd (Berthelot), The Trustee for the Ladegourgie Family Trust (Ali), Apollo Batteries (SA) Pty Ltd (Matthews), Nowa Australia Pty Ltd (Beer), A1 Distributions (Humphries), Eastern Health (Jenkins), Curtin University of Technology (Hassan), Worawa Aboriginal College Ltd (Collins), National Australia Bank Limited (Okpara).

Dragoljub Krnjeta has run out of time in his pursuit of an unfair dismissal claim against Australian Postal Corporation T/A Australia Post. Commissioner Gregory made the decision in Melbourne on 7 December 2016.

Thirty four unfair dismissal/labour dispute cases will be heard by the Fair Work Commission today. The full list is: Oracle Corporation Australia Pty Limited (Lawrence), Australian Postal Corporation (Nair, Joske), Barry Plant – Oakleigh (Emmanuel), Charlottes Cafe (Horne), Wet Seal Management (Wilson), Launceston Church Grammar School (Blackley), Note Printing Australia Limited (Hemmingson), Alpha Healthcare Group (Lamichhane Neupane), Online Education Services Pty Ltd (Tran), Chevron Australia Pty Ltd (Solin), Mollarvey Pty Ltd (Mansour), Redframe Pty Ltd (Heenkenda), Shepherd Ave Deli (Secker), Gambier Earth Movers Proprietary Limited (Smith), The Trustee for the CFC Employment Trust trading as CFC Employment Trust (Carter), Lycamobile Pty Ltd (Usman), Navitas English Pty Ltd (Khayam), MX Mass Effect Pty Ltd (Sun), Australian Child Care Career Options (ACCCO) Pty Ltd (Atkin), The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James (Applegate), Channel Inn (Christmas), Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Australia) Pty Limited (Leeson), The Catholic Education Officers (Mcdonald), Gold Coast Turf Club Limited (St George), Queensland University of Technology (Slimming), Turtle – Pac Pty Ltd (Andrews), CQ Skin Cancer Clinic (Dujin), Evolution Road Maintenance Group (Williams), Broeders Pty Ltd (Brenton), Airservices Australia (Ng), Calvary Health Care ACT ltd (Powell), Triaxial Consulting Pty Ltd (McEntee), DTBM Asset Management Pty Ltd (Raj).

The full list of unfair dismissal/labour dispute applications for today is: Dr Dan White, Executive Director of Catholic Schools and legal representative of the Catholic Education Office, Sydney (Mahony), Berkeley Vale Public School P&C Association (Edward), D&D Services (Australia) Pty Ltd (Khouiss), National Maritime Services Pty Ltd (Campbell, Donato), Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (McMillan, Van Tiel (nee Sinclair)), Peabody Energy Australia Pty Ltd (Jordan), Durabuilt Products Pty Ltd (Padua), Affirmations Australia Pty Ltd (Van Gend), Environet Australia Pty Ltd (Lawson), BHP Coal Pty Ltd (Ingrey), Hay Point Services Pty Ltd (Hayes, Cocup, Miller), FMG Personnel Services Pty Ltd (Etienne), Curtin University of Technology (Hassan), Bullock Civil Contracting (Baker), The Yield Technology Solutions Pty Ltd (Allen), Sutton Tools Pty Ltd (Mezzacappa), Bunnings Complex Limited (Safiullah), Monash Health (Ziadeh (also Ziade)), Republic Events Australia (Zsembery), Moorabin Transit Pty Ltd (Avram), Jakroas Financial Services Pty Ltd (D’Ambrosio), Calvary Health Care ACT Ltd (Powell), Sunco Motors Pty Ltd (Dunham), Fodder Solutions International Pty Ltd (Jan Jolink), Australian Child Care Career Options (ACCCO) Pty Ltd (Robinson), Ezy Scaffolding Pty Ltd (Guttridge), Enuf Burger Bar (Caltabiano), Bunnings Group Ltd (Mackintosh), Windoware Pty Ltd (Daymon), Australia Personnel Global Pty Ltd (Blasby), Roy Hill Operations Pty Ltd (Pauling).

There is a sense of ennui pervading the Fair Work Commission as it winds down for the holiday season. Only 20 unfair dismissal/labour dispute cases are listed. They are: Spotless Facility Services Pty Ltd (Yan), Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd (Holm), Lend Lease Pty Limited (Simmons), BHP Coal Pty Ltd (Ingrey), Bendigo Health Care Group (Renton), Parilla Premium Potatoes Pty Ltd (Kozhokar), Specialist Connect Pty Ltd (Cam), Sharman Property Services Pty Ltd (Olea), ADCON RESOURCES PTY LTD (Bessell), Ilanah Aqua CTS 36245 (White), The Salvation Army (Martin), FMG Personnel Services Pty Ltd (Etienne), Sanno Marracoonda Airport Hotel (Foley), University of Canberra (Russo), South West Healthcare (Kellett), Melbourne City Council (Bulner), Nestle Australia Limited (Cornish, Hastilow), Wild Action Productions Pty Ltd (Dole), Serco Australia Pty Limited (Bahfen).

The Fair Work Commission is today fixed on its four yearly award reviews and only 22 unfair dismissal/labour disputes are listed for hearing. The full list includes: Full Circle Financial Services Pty Ltd (Montgomery), Nestle Australia Limited (Cornish, Hastilow), Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc. (Brewer), United Petroleum Pty Ltd (Barry), Carbart Pty Ltd (Davis), Lithgow City Council & Ring and Others (Bailey), George Weston Food Limited (Casis), Commercial Boutique Hotel Pty Ltd (Bourcereau), Roger David Stores Pty Ltd (Jabbour), QBE Management Services Pty Ltd (Mendoza), Lion – Dairy & Drinks Pty Ltd (Vikuckis), Ausgrid (Godschalk), Regional Youth Support Services Inc (Cliftlands), Sing Tao Newspapers Pty Ltd (Au), Master Home Improvement Australia Pty Ltd (Skelton), Megacom (Kiddie), Co-Operative Bulk Handling Limited (Petchell), Peedac Pty Ltd (Hyams), CHP Coal Pty Ltd (Ingrey), Bendigo Health Care Group (Renton).

Ms Inessa Barkhazen has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission to be allowed to appear in an earlier decision in favour of Conair Australia Pty Ltd T/A Conair Australia. Ms Barkhazen was pursuing an unfair dismissal claim.

Twenty-five of today’s unfair dismissal applicants emanate from a single WA employer (SKILLED Offshore (Australia) Pty Ltd). The full list is: BHP Coal Pty Ltd (Ingrey), Byron Bay Superfoods Pty Ltd (Garang), United Crib Block Construction Pty Ltd (Berger), Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Sydney (O’Connell), Goldsmith Holdings Pty/Ltd (Newman), Decmil Group Limited (Dreger), Isagenix (Asia Pacific) Australia Pty Ltd (Hadian), Ensign Drilling Australia (Markham), Pacific National (Carswell), SKILLED Offshore (Australia) Pty Ltd (Ainsworth, Byrne, Chisholm, Creely, Crumlin, Dennison, Hicks, Kapperer, Keane, Latta, Leary, Macdonald, McCabe, Mcgregor, McKenzie, Mcpherson, Moreno, Olsson, Pitt, Raumati, Scott, Smith, Tate, Watson, Willis), Gryphon Global Aust Pty Ltd (Morrison), Nestle Australia Limited (Cornish, Hastilow), Note Printing Australia Limited (Hemmingson), Venture DMG Pty Ltd (Kumar), Break Thru People Solutions (Massaquoi), Audio Visual Dynamics Pty Ltd (Rowland), Reece Australia Pty Ltd (Karahalios), Toll Transport Pty Ltd (Dunne), Broeders Pty Ltd (Brenton), The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James (Applegate), Mitchell Operations Pty Ltd (Christodoulos), Prosegur Australia Pty Limited (Lelasi), ALH (Johnson).