Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Director of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate v Merkx [2015] FCA 316 Citation: Director of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate v Merkx [2015] FCA 316
Parties: DIRECTOR OF THE FAIR WORK BUILDING INDUSTRY INSPECTORATE v JACOBUS MERKX, PIUS CAREY, PADDY DOWER, DANIEL MASSEY, GLENN METCALFE, CHLOE MUNRO-CHAMBERS, JARRED PRICE, ADAM RANKIN, RONALD SHAW, JIM SPYRO, VIRGIL TANGOHAU, MICHAEL TSESMELIS, SCOTT DAVIES, MICHAEL GLENN, DAVID KJESTRUP, JOSHUA LEES, DAVID MEAD, BENJAMIN NORTHCOTT, CARMINE PALUMBO, STEPHEN WISE, JOSHUA WITHYCOMBE and DAVID WORGAN
File number: SAD 182 of 2014
Judge: BESANKO J
Date of judgment: 2 April 2015
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – where the respondents admitted to engaging in industrial action by failing to attend for work between the times during which they were rostered to work – where the parties agreed on relief – whether the declaration and pecuniary penalty proposed by the parties should be granted – the matters to be considered in determining the pecuniary penalty – Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 19, 417. Held: Orders made for a declaration and pecuniary penalty of $1,000.
Legislation: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 4AA Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 12, 19, 53, 186, 417, 539, 545, 546 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 21 Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)
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