Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union v Central Queensland Meat Export Co (Aust) Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 775

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union v Central Queensland Meat Export Co (Aust) Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 775 INDUSTRIAL LAW - interpretation of awards and agreements - matters arising under particular awards or provisions - employment - termination - Meat Processing (The Angliss Group) Award 1991 - distinction between employment and engagement - whether "regular daily employee" entitled to payment in lieu of notice on closure of abattoir when notice given but there will be no work available during the period of the notice Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth), s 422 Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Qld), ss 248, 249 and 250 Meat Processing (The Angliss Group) Award 1981 Hawkins v The Queensland Meat Export Co Pty Ltd trading as Smorgon Meat Group (Industrial Relations Court of Australia, unreported, 31 July 1996) cited The Queensland Meat Export Co Pty Ltd trading as Smorgon Meat Group v Hawkins (Industrial Relations Court of Australia, Wilcox CJ, Spender and Moore JJ, unreported, 6 December 1996) cited Fryar v System Services Pty Ltd (1996) 137 ALR 321 cited Termination, Change and Redundancy Case (No 1) (1984) 8 IR 34 cited Termination, Change and Redundancy Case (No 2) (1984) 295 CAR 673 cited Matthews v Coles Myer Ltd (1993) 47 IR 229 cited Victorian Meatworks and By-Products Agreement-Award 1978 Case (1980) 244 CAR 217 cited AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION v THE CENTRAL QUEENSLAND MEAT EXPORT COMPANY (AUST) PTY LIMITED (ACN 057 829 213) DRUMMOND J 30 JULY 1999 BRISBANE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QG 170 OF 1998

ON APPEAL FROM AN INDUSTRIAL MAGISTRATE

BETWEEN: AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES UNION

Appellant

AND: THE CENTRAL QUEENSLAND MEAT EXPORT COMPANY (AUST) PTY LIMITED (ACN 057 829 213)