Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Lamont v University of Queensland (No 3) [2020] FCA 1005 File number: QUD 263 of 2018
Judge: RANGIAH J
Date of judgment: 10 July 2020
Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – contraventions of s 340(1) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) – whether pecuniary penalties should be imposed and in what amounts – breach of confidentiality – threat to investigate conduct of employee who had complained of harassment – failure to disclose or utilise independent report commissioned under grievance procedure – penalties imposed on employer – no penalties imposed on individual respondents
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 340 and 546
Cases cited: Australian Building and Construction Commission v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (2017) 254 FCR 68 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (2018) 262 CLR 157 Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union ("Cardigan St Case" [2018] FCA 957 Australian Ophthalmic Supplies Pty Ltd v McAlary-Smith (2008) 165 FCR 560 Director of the Fair Work Building Inspectorate v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2015] FCA 353 Lamont v University of Queensland (No 2) [2020] FCA 720 Parker v Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (2019) 286 IR 116
Date of hearing: 10 July 2020
Registry: Queensland
Division: Fair Work Division
National Practice Area: Employment & Industrial Relations
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