Mondelez v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) [2019] FCAFC 138

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Mondelez v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) [2019] FCAFC 138 File number: VID 731 of 2018

Judges: BROMBERG, RANGIAH AND O'CALLAGHAN JJ

Date of judgment: 21 August 2019

Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – s 96(1) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) – calculation of entitlement to paid personal/carer's leave – meaning of the word "day"

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 20(1A) and 21 Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) ss 241, 245, 246, 247A, 249 Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) ss 15AB and 15AC Fair Work Amendment (Family & Domestic Violence Leave) Act 2018 (Cth) Subdivs A, B, C, CA of Div 7, Pt 2–2 of Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 3, 15, 20, 55, 56, 60, 61, 62, 79A, 85, 89, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 116, 147, 185, 241, 245, 246, 247, 474, 562 Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Bill 2008 (Cth) Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2018 (Cth)

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