4 yearly review of modern awards – Payment of Wages
August 31, 2018
Dempster v Interflow t/a Interflow P/L
August 30, 2018
A line-up of only 16 is awaiting a hearing for labour dispute/unfair dismissal grievances in the Fair Work Commission. The list is: St Columba College Munno Para Inc T/A St Columba College (Brewer, Joshua), Rosha Group (Green, Leon), Peoplebank on behalf of Bankwest (Edwards, Michael Phillip John), Total Lining Systems Pty Ltd T/A Total Lining Systems (Knight, Dax), TAFE NSW (Sebben, Maria), Westpac Banking Corporation (Deng, Kefeng), Scavenger Supplies Pty Ltd T/A Scavenger Supplies (Pemebrton, Bryan), Global Wear Solutions Engineering Australia Pty Ltd (Laxman, Mallesh), Perth Re Pty Ltd T/A Perth Re (Akpey, Tetteh), Woolworths Group Ltd T/A Woolworths (Chitubura, Manail), Hayden RE Pty Ltd ATF Hayden Real Estate (Melbourne) Trust T/A Hayden Real Estate (Melbourne), Executive Security Solutions Pty Ltd T/A Executive Security Solutions (Sarbalkan, Serhan (Sam)), Communities @ Work Limited (Gulia, Rachna), James Cook University (Kern, Michael), Catholic Diosece T/A Centacare North Queensland (Hansen, Traie), Reward Hospitality (Lynch, Thomas).
August 29, 2018
Twenty-seven unfair dismissal/labour dispute applicants await Fair Work Commission adjudication. The list is: Westpac Banking Corporation T/A Westpac (Altamirano, Liliam Sofia), Lyrebird Villages for the Aged Inc (Webb, Caroline), Commonwealth Bank of Australia T/A Commonwealth Bank (Julie, Crosby), Uniting Communities (Gregg, Cook), Goplay Commercial Playgrounds (Barber, Daniel John), Regional Express Holding Limited T/A Regional Express (Hanson, Stephen), Upper Murray Family Care Inc T/A Upper Murray Family Care (Wakefield, Jessica), Adecco Recruitment T/A Adecco (Rae, Darryl), Ulan Coal Mines Limited T/A Glencore (Wicks, Joel Garry), V/Line Pty Ltd T/A V/Line (Nason, Warren), Hayden RE Pty Ltd ATF Hayden Real Estate (Melbourne) Trust T/A Hayden Real Estate (Melbourne) (McCalman, Andrew), Patrick Robinson and Co T/A Patrick Robinson and Co (Licastro, Ryan), International Education Services Limited T/A IES Senior College (Mateer, Kelvin), N & HM Cooper Motor Search (SA) & Car Clearance Centre (SA) T/A Motor Search (Badcock, Robert), Sodexo Remote Sites Australia Pty Ltd T/A Sodexo (Donnelly, Helen Jane), Frontline Human Resources (Nower, Nathan Paul), Flinders University (Lynd-Stevenson, Robert), Byron Bay Bowling & Recreation Club Ltd T/A Byron Bay Bowling & Recreation Club Limited (Brockdorff, Michele), Dominos T/A Dominos (Kirubanandan, Surya), CSBP Limited (Johnson, Shane Rohan), Chapman Road Enterprises T/A Glenfield IGA (Lawler, Shirley), L C Dyson’s Bus Service Pty Ltd T/A Dysons (McMahon, Leeanne), Programmed Skilled Workforce (and related bodies corporate within the Programmed Group of Companies) T/A Programmed Skilled Workforce (Fitzpatrick, Keira), Communities @ Work Limited (Guila, Rachna), Imapct Plumbing and Gas Pty Ltd T/A Impact Plumbing and Gas (Papacounstantinou), Anglo Coal (Capcoal Management) Pty Ltd T/A Capcoal (Herdman, Russell), Network Ten Pty Limited (Abigail Wren).
August 28, 2018
A queue of fifty-one awaits adjudication in the Fair Work Commission. The list is: Flinders University (Lynd-Stevenson, Robert), Smerff Electrical (Lamacq, Jordan), Loritz Circus T/A Great Moscow Circus (Siggers, Joshua), Dayle & Meyers Operations Pty Ltd atf Dale & Meyers Operations Trust T/A DTM Timber (Cryce, Margo), Challenge Recruitment Ltd (Riley, Darrell Wayne), In Syd Group Pty Ltd (Tuala, Anapogi), Suez Recycling and Recovery Pty Ltd T/A Suez (Kermeen, David John), Bidfood Australia Limited T/A Bidfood (Smith, Dean), Engie Mechanical Services Australia Pty Limited (Walsh, Paul), Sitemec Engineering Ltd T/A Sitemec Engineering (Macatangay, Alex), Clover Installers Pty Ltd T/A Clover Installers (Kalvoda, Roman), Crown Casino T/A Crown Melbourne Limited (Li, Hongli), Cara Inc T/A Cara Inc (Maglieri, Robert), Koko Black Australia Pty Ltd (Singh, Pargat), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (Walter, David), Ultra Thoroughbreds T/A Barree Stud (Koenig, Toby), Communities @ Work Limited (Gulia, Rachna), Metcash Trading Limited T/A Australian Liquor Marketers (Kalweit, David), Qantas Catering Group (Whitby, Joseph), Kazbah Holdings Pty Ltd T/A Bluewater Resort (McCarthy, mark), Benedict Recycling Pty Ltd (Rubayi, Samuel), Sydney Trains (Singh, Subeg), Paddington Uniting Church (Imbriotis, Peter), Australian Taxation Office (Narayan, Vinesh), Carreone Global Pty Ltd T/A Beaconsfield IGA (Violanti, Lisa), ACT Government – Transport Canberra and City Services T/A ACTION (Rodger, Chris), PMH Auto Tech Pty Ltd T/A Paradise Luxury Motor Homes (Beginov, Joanne), Cailew Holdings Pty Ltd ATF the CJR1 Trust T/A Clancyjaems (Jenkins, Craig), Collings Airline Staff Trust Pty Ltd T/A Skytrans/Westwing Aviation/Skylink (Malenstein, Gina Natalia), Van Villages Pty LTd (Halliday, Darren), Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd (Samuelson, Nichole), Commonwealth Bank of Australia T/A Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Zepidis, Chris), Roads and Maritime Services (Leeman, Victoria), CPB Contractors Pty Ltd (Bain, Natalie), Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd T/A Virgin Australia (Mckenzie, Noel), Fit Merchandising Pty Ltd/Fit Concepts Pty Ltd T/A Fit Merchandising Sales & Solutions (Blee, Karen), Ramboll Australia Pty Ltd T/A Ramboll Australia Pty Ltd (Fletcher, Sharon), L C Dyson’s Bus Service Pty Ltd T/A Dysons (McMahon, Leeanne), Ultra Thoroughbreds T/A Barree Stud (Koenig, Toby), GETT Asia Ltd & GETT Geratetechnik GmbH and Others (Fogarty, Sean), Kaefer Integrated Services Pty Ltd T/A Kaefer Integrated Services Pty Ltd (Goulding, Anthony), Montague Motor Company Pty Ltd T/A Essendon Chrysler Jeep Dodge (Ferrante, Renato), Maulex Industries Australia Pty Ltd (Taafe, Elisha), ACT Government – Transport Canberra and City Services T/A ACTION (Rodger, Chris), Peabody Energy Australia PCI Mine Management Pty Ltd (Tuimaualuga, Alofa James), Commonwealth of Australia T/A Department of Defence (Bigham, Andrew Michael), Deluxe Investments Pty Ltd T/A Parlour Coffee (Muldoon, Kyle), Hartley Glass Pty Ltd T/A Hartley Glass (Howell, Trevor Graham), Commonwealth of Australia as represented by Commissioner of Police T/A Australian Federal police (Jones, Joanna), Commercial and Legal (Legal Services) Pty Ltd T/A Commercial & Legal (Coombe, Adam Carl), BGC Contracting (Mardon, Ashley).
August 28, 2018
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – misconduct – s.394 Fair Work Act 2009 – application for an unfair dismissal remedy – applicant employed as Administration Assistant – allegations of ‘grave’ misconduct – summary dismissal – opposing ‘camps’ who supported or did not support the applicant – allegations of bullying, harassment and inappropriate behaviour – office pranks and nicknames -dysfunctional toxic workplace – Commission found both parties’ witness evidence unreliable, but not relevant – found no valid reason for dismissal – warnings too general and non-specific – inability to respond to general allegations – found dismissal substantively and procedurally unfair – reinstatement inappropriate – compensation of $3,384.60 ordered. Rojas v Beacon Products P/L
August 28, 2018
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – valid reason – s.394 Fair Work Act 2009 – applicant employed as a concreter – dismissed over Christmas ‘shut down period’ – no reason or explanation provided for dismissal – respondent avoided communicating with applicant – no separation certificate provided – respondent refused to engage with Commission at any stage – respondent failed to comply with Commission’s directions – matter heard ex parte – Commission found no valid reason for dismissal – no procedural fairness – dismissal manifestly unfair – ordered compensation of $23,489, taxed accordingly – Commission reminded respondent that failure to pay compensation can result in criminal prosecution. Rees v NCC Concrete Services
August 28, 2018
MODERN AWARDS – 4 yearly review – s.156 Fair Work Act 2009 – Full Bench – decision deals with two outstanding items regarding standard clause H ‘Employee leaving during redundancy notice period’ – should be read together with previous decisions and statements in respect of the review of the standard terms – outstanding items relate to the circumstance where an employee is made redundant, and elects to leave their employment before the end of the redundancy notice period – provisional view that all modern awards should be varied to insert a revised standard clause H – consolidated version of the standard clauses set out at Attachment A of decision. 4 yearly review of modern awards – plain language re-drafting – standard clauses
