Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Vassallo v Easitag Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 875 File number: VID 461 of 2018
Judge: KERR J
Date of judgment: 23 June 2020
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – classification of employee for the purposes of the Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2010 and the National Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Industry Award 1998 – matter previously arbitrated in the Fair Work Commission – whether decisions of the Fair Work Commission and Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission extinguished justiciable controversy between parties as to classification of the applicant employee – cause of action estoppel established – issue of employee's classification not open to be re-agitated in proceedings before the Federal Court of Australia
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 570, 739
Cases cited: Administration of Papua New Guinea v Guba [1973] HCA 59; 130 CLR 353 Jeffrey Vassallo v Easitag Pty Ltd T/A Easitag [2017] FWC 5961 Jeffrey Vassallo v Easitag Pty Ltd [2018] FWCFB 501 Schroder-Turk v Murdoch University (No 2) [2019] FCA 1434 TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v Judges of the Federal Court of Australia [2013] HCA 5; 251 CLR 533
Date of hearing: 16 June 2020
Date of last submissions: 12 June 2020
Registry: Victoria
Division: Fair Work Division
National Practice Area: Employment & Industrial Relations
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 33
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr S Burt
Solicitor for the Applicant: McDonald Murholme Solicitors
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