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
August 28, 2018
MODERN AWARDS – 4 yearly review – s.156 Fair Work Act 2009 – Full Bench – in a Decision issued on 16 July 2018 [[2018] FWCFB 3566] the Full Bench finalised the payment on termination of employment model term and expressed the provisional view that it was necessary to vary the 86 modern awards which are currently silent in respect of the time period within which termination payments are to be made to insert the model term – submissions received regarding that provisional view – the Alpine Resorts Award 2010, the Pharmacy Industry Award 2010 or the Rail Industry Award 2010 not to be varied at this time – in respect of the remaining 83 modern awards the Full Bench confirmed its provisional view and will accordingly vary these modern awards to insert the model term – as to the remaining 36 modern awards, a series of short conferences were held on 1 and 2 August 2018 in order to ascertain the view of interested parties – Full Bench propose to issue draft variation determinations. 4 yearly review of modern awards – Payment of wages
