Milardovic v Vemco Services Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2016] FCA 19

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Milardovic v Vemco Services Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2016] FCA 19 File number: VID 42 of 2015

Judge: MORTIMER J

Date of judgment: 29 January 2016

Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – whether adverse action by reason of exercise of workplace rights to make a complaint and to make a WorkCover claim in respect of bullying – whether breach of National Employment Standards through failure to pay termination notice pay and redundancy entitlements

Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 22, 44(1), 61(1), 117, 119, 120, 340, 341(1)(a), 341(1)(c)(ii), 342, 360, 361, 539, 546, 550 Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic) Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic) s 21

Cases cited: Allman v Teletech International Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1820; 178 IR 415 Amcor Limited v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2005] HCA 10; 222 CLR 241 Australian and International Pilots Association v Qantas Airways Ltd [2006] FCA 1441; 160 IR 1 Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education v Barclay (No 1) [2012] HCA 32; 248 CLR 500 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia [1990] HCA 1; 169 CLR 436 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 41; 253 CLR 243 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 25; 230 FCR 298 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Clarke [2007] FCAFC 87; 164 IR 299 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Endeavour Coal Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 76; 231 FCR 150 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v McCorkell Constructions Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] FCA 446 Dibb v Commissioner of Taxation [2004] FCAFC 126; 136 FCR 388 Ermel v Duluxgroup (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 17 FBIS International Protective Services (Aust) Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [2015] FCAFC 90; 232 FCR 1 General Motors Holden Pty Ltd v Bowling (1976) 12 ALR 605 Hill v Compass Ten Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 761; 205 FCR 94 Housden v Boral Australian Gypsum Ltd [2015] VSCA 162 IW v The City of Perth [1997] HCA 30; 191 CLR 1 Jones v Department of Energy and Minerals (1995) 60 IR 304 Kheirs Financial Services Pty Ltd v Aussie Home Loans Pty Ltd [2010] VSCA 355; 31 VR 46 Klein v Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board [2012] FCA 1402; 208 FCR 178 Murrihy v Betezy.com.au Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] FCA 1146; 221 FCR 118 National Tertiary Education Union v Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [2013] FCA 451; 234 IR 139 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [1998] HCA 30; 195 CLR 1 Qantas Airways Ltd v Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association [2012] FCAFC 63; 202 FCR 244 Quality Bakers of Australia Ltd v Goulding (1995) 60 IR 327 R v The Industrial Commission of South Australia; Ex Parte Adelaide Milk Supply Co-operative Limited (1977) 16 SASR 6 Ratnayake v Greenwood Manor Pty Ltd [2012] FMCA 350 Regulski v State of Victoria [2015] FCA 206 Rowland v Alfred Health [2014] FCA 2 Sayed v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2015] FCA 27 Shea v TRUenergy Services Pty Ltd (No 6) [2014] FCA 271; 314 ALR 346 Short v F W Hercus Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 72; 40 FCR 511 Termination, Change and Redundancy Case (1984) 8 IR 34 Termination, Change and Redundancy Case (1984) 9 IR 115 Walsh v Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (No 2) [2014] FCA 456; 243 IR 468 Waters v Public Transport Corporation [1991] HCA 49; 173 CLR 349 Yorke v Lucas [1985] HCA 65; 158 CLR 661