Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Fair Work Ombudsman v AJR Nominees Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] FCA 128 Citation: Fair Work Ombudsman v AJR Nominees Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] FCA 128
Parties: FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN v AJR NOMINEES PTY LTD and PASQUALE MINNITI
File number: WAD 96 of 2012
Judge: GILMOUR J
Date of judgment: 24 February 2014
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – pecuniary penalties following contravention of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) - considerations relevant to the assessment of penalty -previous conduct - distinction between deliberate conduct and mere inadvertence - post-contravention conduct - the relevance of the nature of the employer's business - specific deterrence - general deterrence - range of penalties - whether or not two contraventions arose out of a single course of conduct - the totality principle - whether or not all or part of penalty should be suspended.
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 44(1), 90(2), 96(1), (2), 117, 336(1)(a), 340, 343(1)(a), 539(2), 545(1), 546(1), (2), (3), 556 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 4AA(1)
Cases cited: Attorney-General v Tichy (1982) 30 SASR 84 Australian Building & Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union [2011] FCA 810 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (No 2) (2010) 199 IR 373 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd (1997) 75 FCR 238 Australian Ophthalmic Supplies Pty Ltd v McAlary-Smith (2008) 165 FCR 560 Cahill v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (No 4) (2009) 189 IR 304 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Cahill (2010) 269 ALR 1 Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union v Coal & Allied Operations Pty Ltd (No 2) (1999) 94 IR 231 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Hamberger (2003) 127 FCR 309 Fair Work Ombudsman v AJR Nominees Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 467 Fair Work Ombudsman v Cleaners New South Wales Pty Ltd (2009) 186 IR 467 Fair Work Ombudsman v Maclean Bay Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 557 Fair Work Ombudsman v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 408 Finance Sector Union v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (2005) 224 ALR 467 Hamberger v Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union [2002] FCA 585 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 McDonald v The Queen (1994) 48 FCR 555 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Plancor Pty Ltd v Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (2008) 171 FCR 357 Ponzio v B & P Caelli Constructions Pty Ltd (2007) 158 FCR 543 R v Gordon (1994) 71 A Crim R 459 Stuart-Mahoney v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (2008) 177 IR 61 Temple v Powell (2008) 169 FCR 169 Trade Practices Commission v CSR Ltd (1991) ATPR ¶41-076 United Group Resources Pty Ltd v Calabro (No 7) (2012) 203 FCR 247 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 Date of hearing: 25 November 2013
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