Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Fair Work Ombudsman v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1176 Citation: Fair Work Ombudsman v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1176
Parties: FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN v RAMSEY FOOD PROCESSING PTY LTD and STUART RAMSEY
File number: NSD 1005 of 2010
Judge: BUCHANAN J
Date of judgment: 19 October 2011
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – employer failed to pay employees amounts of money due on account of their termination – identity of employer at issue – company inter-positioned between "true" employer and complainant employees – discussion of principles concerning labour hire arrangements – arrangements not sufficient to deflect responsibility from operating company as true employer – whether arrangements amounted to a "sham" – accessorial liability – manager was knowingly involved in contraventions of the Workplace Relations Act 1966 (Cth)
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 52 Workplace Relations Act 1966 (Cth) ss 235, 722, 723 Federal Court Rules 2011 r 39.06 Federal Meat Industry (Processing) Award 2000
Cases cited: ACCC v C G Berbatis Holdings Pty Ltd (2003) 214 CLR 51 Accident Compensation Commission v Odco Pty Ltd (1990) 64 ALJR 606 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (2010) 187 FCR 293 Australian Mutual Provident Society v Allan (1978) 52 ALJR 407 Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia v Odco Pty Ltd (1991) 29 FCR 104 Chugg v Pacific Dunlop Ltd (1990) 170 CLR 249 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Clarke [2007] FCAFC 87, 164 IR 299 Damevski v Giudice (2003) 133 FCR 438 Denham v Midland Employers Mutual Assurance Ld [1955] 2 QB 437 Director of Public Prosecutions v United Telecasters Sydney Limited (1990) 168 CLR 594 Finance Sector Union of Australia v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2001] FCA 1613; 111 IR 241 Golden Plains Fodder Australia Pty Ltd v Millard [2007] SASC 391 Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd (2001) 207 CLR 21 Humberstone v Northern Timber Mills (1949) 79 CLR 389 McIlwain v Ramsey Food Packaging Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 828, 154 IR 111 McIlwain v Ramsey Food Packaging Pty Ltd (No. 4) [2006] FCA 1302, 158 IR 181 Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v Coggins and Griffith (Liverpool) Ld [1947] AC 1 Nokes v Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Ltd [1940] AC 1014 Odco Pty Ltd v Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia [1989] FCA 483 Quarman v Burnett (1840) 6 M&W 499 Romero v Auty (2001) 19 ACLC 206; [2000] VSC 462 Sharrment Pty Ltd v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1988) 18 FCR 449 Snook v London & West Riding Investments Ltd [1967] 2 QB 786 Stevens & Brodribb Sawmilling Co Pty Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 16 Temple v Powell (2008) 169 FCR 169 Textile Footwear & Clothing Union of Australia v Bellechic Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 1465 Vines v Djordjevitch (1955) 91 CLR 512 York v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661
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