The aptly named Bedlam Enterprise Pty Ltd is facing two complaints (Templeton and Natoli) of unfair dismissal in the Fair Work Commission this morning. The company is to appear before Fair Work Commissioner Bissett in the Magistrates Court in Bendigo. Other companies appearing today include: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd (Bridges), Sensis Pty Ltd (Mir/Sahibzada), Australian Taxation Office (Shaw), Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited (Avila), Arcadia Group Pty Ltd (Collis), Dunning (Collis), DTD Engineering Pty Ltd (Maxwell), Tangentyere Council Inc (Liddle), Alcoa of Australia Limited (Koks), One Earth Outlet Pty Ltd (Mezger), WBHO Civil Pty Ltd (Cox), Freelancer International Pty Ltd (Schreuders), Coles Wesfarmers (Ah Kau), Labour Co-operative Group (Egan), Special Broadcasting Services Corporation (McIntyre), DMC Digital (Ferra), White Digital Pty Ltd (Isdale), ProSciTech Pty Ltd (Ohnesorge), Transpacific Industries Pty Ltd (Hobbs) and Town & Country Freighters Pty Ltd (Smith).
September 21, 2015
Employment Minister Eric Abetz made a series of conservative appointments to the Fair Work Commission, using his expected last days in Federal Cabinet to counterbalance union appointments to the tribunal by the former Gillard Government. Industrial relations lawyer Tanya Cirkovic, a former legal partner of Liberal Party identity Michael Kroger, and Christopher Platt, who worked at the Australian Mines and Metals Association, were appointed commissioners.
September 21, 2015
Marthakal Homeland Resource Centre Inc will spend a significant amount of time with Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti in Victoria today as it defends two unfair dismissal claims (Page/Zikos). Other Commission attendees will include: MSS Security Pty Ltd (O’Brian), Emerald Motors Pty Ltd (Carydias), Tangentyere Council Inc (Liddle), Capricornia Newspapers Pty Ltd (Ireland), AEM Consolidated Pty Ltd (Mugadza), Commissioner for Public Employment (Smith), AGC Industries Pty Ltd (Masten), Roadworx Surfacing Pty Ltd (Vella), Spotless Group Holdings Limited (Dent), Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW Ltd (Neal), PTTEP Australasia (Staff) Pty Ltd (Sharma), JB Employment Pty Ltd (Guerrero), Prime Enterprise Holdings Pty Ltd (Cheung), DarkBlue Sky Pty Ltd (Collie), Steelfab Engineering Pty Ltd (Christie), Monkey Business Whitsunday Pty Ltd (Farrell), Kuehne & Nagel Pty Ltd (McCarthy) and Freelancer International Pty Ltd (Schreuders).
September 18, 2015
Menarock Aged Care Services (Templestowe) Pty Ltd leads a parade of 22 entities facing unfair dismissal claims in the Fair Work Commission. The entities and complainants are: Limitless Ventures Toscas Pty Ltd (Rani), Bailey Civil Contractors Pty Ltd (Logan), IQ Capital Pty Ltd (Dally-Watkins), Betterway Capital PL AMP Financial Planning (Dally-Watkins), JLAK Pty Ltd(Ryder), Spotlight Pty Ltd (Armstrong), Days Eggs Pty Ltd (Andrews), East Arnhem Regional Council (Brown), MacKillop Family Services (Marangidis), Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd (Rihia), Hungry Jack’s (Lucas), DP World of Melbourne Limited (Kirkman), Menarock Aged Care Services (Templestowe) Pty Ltd (Golding), Tradewind Australia (Jordan), George Western Foods (Jasper), Norman Brothers Haulage Pty Ltd (Finn), Spotlight Pty Ltd (Armstrong), TAFE Commission of NSW (Pittaway), Days Eggs Pty Ltd (Andrews), Rusca Bros Services Pty Ltd (Harris), Paxus Australia Pty Limited (Momand).
September 17, 2015
Fourteen companies face unfair dismissal allegations in the Fair Work Commission today, including a raft of aged care entities. McLean Care Ltd (Drew/Langley), RSL LifeCare (Zhou), Calvary Home Care Services Ltd (Lawrence) and Menarock Aged Care Services (Templestowe) Pty Ltd (Golding) over-represent the sector in today’s parade before the commissioners. Other entities include: Norman Brothers Haulage Pty Ltd (Finn), Power & Data Support Services Pty Ltd (Ryan), Future Engineering and Communication Pty Ltd (McDaid), Brookfield GIS Property Services Pty Ltd (Potdar), Strandbags Group Pty Ltd (Leist), Copyworld Business Systems (Hay), Artis Group Pty Ltd (Welsby), Multisteps Pty Ltd (Dang), Toll Holdings Ltd (Green) and Akzo Nobel (Rayner).
September 17, 2015
Case procedures – stay order – s.604 Fair Work Act 2009 – appeal – application for stay order – appellant sought stay of order to make compensation payment in unfair dismissal case – Commission not persuaded that appellant made out arguable case with reasonable prospect of success regarding permission to appeal or merit of appeal – not satisfied balance of convenience favours granting of stay order – application for stay dismissed. Appeal by Reidwell Investments BT P/L t/a Coco Cubano Blacktown against decision of Drake SDP of 10 July 2015 [[2015] FWC 4256] Re: Lyberopoulos.
September 16, 2015
TNT Australia Pty Ltd will be jousting with the Transport Workers Union in the Fair Work Commission today. The union is seeking a s.739 application.
September 16, 2015
ALDI stores and Woolworths are two of the eighteen entities appearing in the Fair Work Commission today to defend unfair dismissal claims. The respondents include: ALDI Stores (Schieh), Porta Mouldings (Campbell), Woolworths (Green), Baptistcare Inc (Anderson), Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Leska), Management Consultancy International Pty Ltd (Bermejo), Warren Shire Council (Burchell-Burger), Visa Global Logistics Pty Ltd (Davidson), Elouera Association Inc (Clarke), Labourpower Recruitment Services Pty Ltd (O’Grady), SNP Security Limited (Mohammad), Bloomfield Collieries Pty Ltd (Sweeney), International Grammar School Sydney Limited (Tsomis), Lower North Shore Community Transport Inc (Payne), Rusca Bros Services Pty Ltd (Harris), Fox Sports (Bryan), Andrew Kathestides T/A PNW (Hopcraft) and Buloke Shire Council (Lindrea).
