43 applicants for relief from unfair dismissal, appeals against adverse decisions, and debate over working arrangements will come before the Fair Work Commission today. The full list includes: Scotland island Offshore Childrens Services (Ciok), Argyle Asset Pty Ltd (Bajtala), McMah Pty Ltd (Malic), Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd (Graoroski/ Harvey/ Mayer/ Mircevski/ Novella), HP Bowral Pty Ltd (Luckman), Ray White Keatley Real Estate (Klik), The Trustee for Success Venture WA Unit Trust (Wickramasinghe), Ventia Utility Services Pty Limited (Zammit), Charlie and Son Electrical Pty Ltd (Atlagic), MM Auto Electrical (Dancks), Parramatta Leagues Club Ltd (Mak), Survivorco Pty Limited (Taungakava & Perera and Others), AJ & T Pulbrook Pty Ltd (Guthrie), SDA Schools (North NSW) Ltd (Reynolds), Bar’s Leaks (Australia) Pty Ltd (Lay), Norton Gold Fields Limited (Carr), Serco Australia Pty Limited (Chukwu-Ike/ Nadeem/ Sidhu), Access Industries for the Disabled (Phillips), The Graviety Group Pty Ltd (Ganyani), Terry White Chemist (Thornely), Wintersun Holdings Pty Ltd (Batrick), The Trustee For The Super Trim Southeastern Unit Trust (Cully), Extra Foods Pty Ltd (Xhaferi), Luiz Family Trust (Parton), Woolworths Limited (Ruhland/ Wemmerslager), Wisely Resourcing Pty Ltd & BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Ltd and Another (Anderson), Smart City Vocational College Pty Ltd (Hallam), The Trustee for BMG Family Trust (Astridge), R & K Livestock Transport Pty Ltd (Duff), Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital Ltd (Tsingos), Ertech Holdings Pty Ltd (Brenner), Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club Inc (Farrell), Helping Hand Aged Care Inc (Vingerhoets), Houndstooth Pty Ltd (Wheare), BGC Contracting Pty Ltd (Atkinson), Augusta AutoMall (Sumaru).
April 12, 2016
21 alleged miscreants want to vindicate their position by asking the Fair Work Commission to validate their claim today. Statistically 90 per cent will fail to get their claims proven. But the system affords their a better chance than lotto. The full list for today is: Miwtaj Employment and Participation Ltd (Manns), Allwater – Adelaide Services Alliance (Treen), Arcare Pty Ltd & The Trustee For The Arc Unit Trust (Verma), Spotless Group Limited (Poke-Kingston), Australian Red Cross Society (Wagland/Welch), Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (Kaliyaperumal), Wilson Security (Finn), Cut Above the Rest Tree Surgery Pty Ltd (Taylor), Extra Foods Pty Ltd (Xhaferi), ORC International Pty Ltd (Kim), Danny’s Bar and Bistro Pty Ltd (Barden), Westflex Pty Ltd (Ireland), DP World (Fremantle) Ltd, Portugal Madeira Sydney Social & Cultural Sports Club Ltd (Figueira), Renegade Wine Company Pty Ltd (Richardson), Australian Red Cross (Perrens), City of Greater Geelong (Mckie), Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company Australia Pty Ltd (Bare), Transdev Melbourne Pty Ltd (Sandhu), Solibrooke Pty Ltd (Vosper).
April 12, 2016
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – remedy – compensation – ss.391, 392, 394 Fair Work Act 2009 – applicant seeking reinstatement as the remedy in successful unfair dismissal application – respondent submitted it was not appropriate for applicant to be reinstated – Commission concluded that nature of relationship between parties rendered reinstatement inappropriate – compensation of $38,567.85 ordered. Vernon v Electricity Networks Corporation t/a Western Power
April 12, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has ratified the Comcare Enterprise Agreement 2016-2018.
April 11, 2016
Twenty-two grievances will be blurted out before a phalanx of Fair Work Commissioners today, as employees and ex-staff seek reinstatement and/or compensation. The full list is: Global Speciality Chemicals Pty Ltd (Virtue), The Graviety Group Pty Ltd (Ganyani), Melbourne City Sightseeing Pty Ltd (Kacprowicz) Jayco (Salloum), CTC Commercial Pty Ltd (Mayston), Sunnyfield Disability Services (Aldridge), Clough Limited (Dyne), The Henley Group Pty Ltd (Roser-Finch), Illiad Pty Ltd (Tan Bee Hong), Council on the Ageing WA Inc (Millar), Portugal Madeira Sydney Social & Cultural Sports Club Ltd (Figueira), MMG Limited (Rouse), Electricity Networks Corporation (Boyle), Australian Western Railroad Pty Ltd (Brodie), Booteek Investments Pty Ltd (Dennis), Kimseed Australia Pty Ltd (Heath), Expor Group Australia Pty Ltd (Pasznicki), Botany Park Real Estate Pty Ltd (Willson), BHP Coal Pty Ltd (Coleman), Malaco Leichardt Pty Ltd (Foster), Allwater – Adelaide Services Alliance (Treen), Gramar Pty Ltd (Rann).
April 8, 2016
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union-Mining and Energy Division Queensland District Branch and North Goonyella Coal Mines Pty Ltd are embroiled in a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Spencer in hearing room 1 in Brisbane.
April 8, 2016
The aged care/disability/healthcare sectors are contributing to an increasing workload at the Fair Work Commission. Five of today’s 30 applications come from these sectors, followed by mining and transport. The full list of all unfair dismissal and labour dispute applications includes: ACT Government as represented by the Health Directorate (Burdack), CRANES Community Support Programs Ltd (Reilly), Lcon Pty Ltd (McDonald), Capital S.M.A.R.T Repairs Australia Pty Ltd (Doyle), Camp Australia Services Pty Ltd (Stubis), Interaction Disability Services Ltd (Zuniga), Goodyear Australia Pty Limited (Waters), The Bean Project (Lonigro), CTC Commercial Pty Ltd (Mayston), Illiad Pty Ltd (Tan Bee Hong), Clough Limited (Dyne), St John Ambulance Pty Ltd (Gilbert), Woolworths Limited (Grafton), Council on the Ageing WA Inc (Millar), Argyle Asset Pty Ltd (Bajtala), Salsas Pty Ltd & Kaur and Another (Grafton), Midas Jewellers Pty Ltd (Jun), AJH Group Pty Ltd (Harrison), BHP Billiton WAIO Pty Ltd (Mazgaltsidis), Newmont (Thomson), Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd (Graoroski/ Harvey/ Jordan/ Mayer/ Mircevski/ Novella), Evolution Traffic Control Pty Ltd (Burke), Zilzie Wines Pty Ltd (Westgarth), Cleaning Facility Management Pty Ltd (Sulejman), Commonwealth of Australia (Cook).
April 7, 2016
Adecco Industrial Pty Ltd is defending the dismissal of a contracted staffer (Kool) in the Fair Work Commission (FWC) today in Brisbane. P I Kool is one of 30 aggrieved staff members who will attempt reinstatement and financial redress in various jurisdictions of the FWC today. The full list is: Adecco Industrial Pty Ltd (Kool), IT Shop (Knott), University of Newcastle (Nantsov/Wilks), CPA Group (Lawton/ Stannus/ Fay/ Baker), Extra Foods Pty Ltd (Xhaferi), The Resident Cafe (Sorocuk), Redman Holdings Pty Ltd (Barnes), MODEC Management Services Pte Ltd (Pettifer), Murdoch University Child Care Centre (Abdul Rahim), Spotless Management Pty Ltd (Brown), Temperzone Australia Pty Ltd (Hatcher), Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (Woods), Western Health (Storey), Toro Australia (Halabi), First Point Medical Centre (Saunderson), Citywide Service Solutions (Stone), ASAP Global Lincs (Townsend), Hobart Police and Community Youth Club Inc (Poolperm-Johnson), Benowa Bowling Club (Williams), ID Fabrication (Houston), Quad Services (Perris), Robern Menz (MFG) Pty Ltd (Brittan), The Northern Tavern (Maguire), ED Oates Pty Ltd (Pearce), Caring Choice Pty Ltd (Durrani/Orr).