The Fair Work Commission is committed to “a fair go all
round”. This does not mean, however, that it is there purely for the convenience
of one party to an application.
This much is demonstrated in Newbey v Atlas Group Pty Ltd [2016] FWC 5246.
On 22 April 2016 Mr Newbey applied for an unfair dismissal
remedy arising from the termination of his employment at Atlas.
When Atlas lodged its response saying that the termination
was a genuine redundancy the commission listed the application for conferences
and directions, neither of...
Thursday, 27 October 2016
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Fixed means just that
A security guard employed at the Manus Island Detention Centre
has been found not to have been unfairly dismissed when extensions to a fixed
term contract of employment ended.
The decision is reported at Cowan v Wilson Parking Australia trading as Wilson Security [2016]
FWC 5768.
Mr Cowan was employed as a security guard at Manus between
March 2014 and April 2016.
His original contract of employment had an end date of 30
September 2014.
When the contract was about to end he was offered a further
contract, which took him to October...
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