Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Veolia Transport Sydney Pty Ltd v Mifsud [2012] FCA 1472 Citation: Veolia Transport Sydney Pty Ltd v Mifsud [2012] FCA 1472
Appeal from: Mifsud v Veolia Transport Sydney Pty Ltd [2011] FMCA 913 Mifsud v Veolia Transport Sydney Pty Ltd [2012] FMCA 167
Parties: VEOLIA TRANSPORT SYDNEY PTY LTD v ANTHONY MIFSUD
File number: NSD 555 of 2012
Judge: FLICK J
Date of judgment: 21 December 2012
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – awards and agreements – construction – redundancy payments – employee's entitlement to redundancy payments when terminated – whether rejection of reasonable offer of redeployment entitles employee to payment – construction of Veolia Transport (Metro Light Rail) Union Collective Agreement 2008 INDUSTRIAL LAW – costs – court's power to award – Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s 570 – policy to exclude costs – extent of operation – limitations on protection provided by s 570
Legislation: Constitution s 73 Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s 12, 570 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 24 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) s 347 Sydney Light Rail (State) Award 1997 Veolia Transport (Metro Light Rail) Union Collective Agreement 2008
Cases cited: AMCOR Limited v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2005] HCA 10, 222 CLR 241, considered Australian Industry Group v Fair Work Australia (No 2) [2012] FCAFC 138, cited Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union v Fair Work Australia (No 2) [2012] FCAFC 103, 203 FCR 430, cited BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union of Workers (Western Australian Branch) [2006] WASCA 124, 153 IR 397, cited Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education v Barclay (No 2) [2012] HCA 42, 86 ALJR 1253, cited City of Wanneroo v Holmes (1989) 30 IR 362, cited Commonwealth of Australia v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2003] FCAFC 115, 129 FCR 271, cited Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v CSBP Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCAFC 64, 202 FCR 149, cited Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Employment Advocate [2001] FCA 1767, cited Dibb v Commissioner of Taxation [2004] FCAFC 126, 136 FCR 288, cited Encyclopaedia Britannica Australia Ltd v David Campbell [2009] NSWCA 286, cited Manildra Flour Mills (Manufacturing) Pty Ltd v National Union of Workers [2012] FCA 1010, cited Mifsud v Veolia Transport Pty Ltd [2012] FMCA 167, reversed Mifsud v Veolia Transport Sydney Pty Ltd [2011] FMCA 913, reversed Norwest Beef Industries Limited v Australian Meat Industry Employees Union of Workers (WA Branch) (1984) 12 IR 314, cited Public Service Association (SA) Inc v South Australia [2012] SASCFC 66, 113 SASR 49, cited Quality Bakers of Australia Ltd v Goulding (1995) 60 IR 327, cited Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association v Woolworths SA Pty Ltd [2011] FCAFC 67, cited Short v F W Hercus Pty Limited (1993) 40 FCR 511, cited Termination, Change and Redundancy Case (1984) 8 IR 34, cited Termination, Change and Redundancy Case (Supplementary Decision) (1984) 9 IR 115, cited The Queen v Industrial Commission of South Australia; Ex parte Adelaide Milk Supply Co-operative Limited (1977) 16 SASR 6, cited Whittaker v Unisys Australia Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 9, 26 VR 668, cited Boncardo, 'Enterprise Agreements and Contracts: Convergent and Divergent Approaches To Interpretation' (2011) 18 JCULR 56
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