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).
September 15, 2015
Unfair dismissal cases to be heard today include: Transpacific Industrial Solutions Pty Ltd (Valesini), BlueScope Steel Pty Ltd (AWL), Griffith University (Buckley), BHP Coal Pty Ltd (Kenny), Your Organic Oasis (Collins), Acron Child Care Centre (Lane), Reserve Group (Jupe), ISS Security Pty Limited (Cawley), MSS Security Pty Ltd (Sunder), Kentz Engineer and Constructors (Morris), Metro (Ricotta), ALDI Stores (Schieh), M. & P. Painting Contractors Pty Ltd (Seffelaar), Woolworths Limited (Suddhoo), Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited (Dass), Save the Children Australia (Davis), Greenham Tasmania Pty Ltd (Allen) and UGL Rail Fleet Services Ltd (Chandra).
September 15, 2015
Wollongong Coal Ltd will be the star attraction today as it is called before Fair Work Commissioner Riordan in Crown Street, Wollongong to defend its dismissal of 8 workers (Chin, Cosgrove, Davies, Delangen, Haggarty, Rentoul, Walker and Williams).
September 15, 2015
Linfox Australia Pty Ltd is facing an s.739 (application to deal with a dispute) from the Transport Workers’ Union.
September 15, 2015
There is an irony in today’s unfair dismissal hearings in the Fair Work Commission. An international PR outfit is defending its dismisal of a spin doctor (Bernardi) in Sydney. There are 18 other cases to be heard. The full list is as follows: Griffith University (Buckley); BHP Coal Pty Ltd (Kenny); Edelman Public Relations Worldwide Pty Ltd (Bernardi); UGL Rail Fleet Services Ltd (Chandra); Coffee Management and Solutions Pty Ltd (Cincotta); Papuan Oil Search (Jurukovsky); M & P Painting Contractors Pty Ltd (Seffelaar); Mt Pleasant Stud Farm Pty Limited (McCormick); Toyota Boshoku Australia (Bueno); Sydney Ugg (Dundas); Shye Clothing Pty Ltd (Ngaluafe); Greenham Tasmania Pty Ltd (Allen); Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research (Alexiadis & Morgan); Linfox Pty Ltd (Ellis); Qube Ports Pty Ltd (Beechey); Tassal Operations Pty Ltd (Burges Watson); Zippy Cleaning and Maintenance (Hendricks); Halikos (Davis); and Metro (Ricotta).