McGill, Alex v Lornden & Associates Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 1678

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

INDUSTRIAL LAW - termination of employment - demotion or resignation - whether termination at initiative of employer or employee - notice - whether termination for reasons including temporary absence through illness - whether termination for reasons including disability Workplace Relations Act 1996 ss 170CE, 170CF, 170CFA, 170CK, 170CM, 170CP, 170CQ, 170CR Industrial Relations Act 1988 s 170EDA Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 s 5 Brackenridge v Toyota Motor Corporation (1996) 142 ALR 99 Strahan v Liquorland (Australia) Pty Ltd (Industrial Relations Court of Australia, NI 1266R of 1995, 6 February 1996, unreported) Stratton v Illawarra County Council (1979) 2 NSWLR 701 Mohazab v Dick Smith Electronics (No. 2) (1995) 62 IR 200 Rheinberger v Huxley Marketing Pty Ltd (1996) 67 IR 154 Cowell v Irlmond Pty Ltd (1997) 76 IR 352 Jackson v Monadelphous Engineering Associates Pty Ltd (unreported, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, 17 October 1997) Johns v Gunns Ltd (1995) 60 IR 258

ALEX MCGILL v LORNDEN & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD

BEFORE: RYAN JR PLACE: MELBOURNE DATE: 23 DECEMBER 1998

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VG 388 of 1998

BETWEEN: ALEX MCGILL

Applicant

AND: LORNDEN & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD

Respondent

JUDICIAL REGISTRAR: RYAN

DATE OF ORDER: 23 DECEMBER 1998

WHERE MADE: MELBOURNE

THE COURT: 1. Declares that the respondent terminated the employment of the applicant and failed to give the applicant the period of notice required under s 170CM(2) and failed to pay the applicant compensation instead of notice under ss 170CM(4) and (5). 2. Orders that the respondent pay to the applicant the sum of $1288 in compensation in lieu of notice. 3. Declares that the termination of the employment of the applicant by the respondent did not contravene ss 170CK(2)(a) or (f). Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.