Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v Qantas Airways Limited [2020] FCA 656 File number: NSD 376 of 2020 NSD 388 of 2020
Judge: FLICK J
Date of judgment: 18 May 2020
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – employees stood down – entitlement to access paid personal/carer's leave or compassionate leave
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 87-90, 96, 97, 99, 100, 104, 105, 107, 108, 111, 114, 524, 525 Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) ss 691A, 691B Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Act 2006 (Cth) Sch 4
Cases cited: Australian Education Union v Department of Education and Children's Services [2012] HCA 3, (2012) 248 CLR 1 Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union v McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd (2011) 214 IR 1, [2011] FWA 6810 Bruck Textiles Pty Limited v Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia [2007] AIRC 921, (2007) 167 IR 20 Coal & Allied Mining Services Pty Ltd v MacPherson [2010] FCAFC 83, (2010) 185 FCR 383 Fair Work Ombudsman v Grouped Property Services Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 1034, (2016) 152 ALD 209 Foods Preservers Union of Australia and All States Ready Foods (1976) 182 CAR 391 Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union [2019] HCA Trans 250 Mondelez v Australian Manufacturing Workers Union [2019] FCAFC 138, (2019) 289 IR 29 Re Application by Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (1979) 41 FLR 192 Re Carpenters and Joiners Award (1971) 17 FLR 330 Re Distilleries Award 1976 (1976) 180 CAR 786 Re Steel Works Employees (Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd) (No. 1) (1962) AR (NSW) 334 Re Textile Industry (Woollen and Worsted Section) Award 1950 (1963) 5 FLR 328 Townsend v General Motors-Holden's Ltd (1983) 4 IR 358 Trustee for The MTGI Trust v Johnston [2016] FCAFC 140
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