Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
National Tertiary Education Union v La Trobe University [2014] FCA 1330 Citation: National Tertiary Education Union v La Trobe University [2014] FCA 1330
Parties: NATIONAL TERTIARY EDUCATION UNION v LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
File number: VID 695 of 2014
Judge: TRACEY J
Date of judgment: 8 December 2014
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – Enterprise agreement – construction of redundancy clause in La Trobe University Collective Agreement 2014 – whether University contravened redundancy clause – discussion of principles relating to the construction of enterprise agreements
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 50, 217 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 30.01, 30.02
Cases cited: Amcor Limited v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (2005) 222 CLR 241 – cited Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v Qantas Airways Limited (2001) 106 IR 30 – cited City of Wanneroo v Holmes (1989) 30 IR 362 – cited Kucks v CSR Limited (1996) 66 IR 182 – cited La Trobe University [2014] FWCA 4222 – cited National Tertiary Education Industry Union v La Trobe University [2014] FWC 5806 – cited National Tertiary Education Union v Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2013) 234 IR 139 – considered National Tertiary Education Industry Union v Victoria University [2014] FWC 7711 – considered Reeves v MaxiTRANS Australia Pty Ltd (2009) 188 IR 297 – cited
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