Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association v Target Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1038

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association v Target Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1038 File number: WAD 548 of 2018

Judgment of: BANKS-SMITH J

Date of judgment: 31 August 2021

Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW - enterprise agreement - annual leave entitlements - part-time and full-time employees - construction - meaning of 'ordinary time earnings' - whether 'ordinary time earnings' for purpose of calculating entitlements includes penalties and loadings prescribed for rostered shifts - whether other allowances to be taken into account - application of principles of construction for industrial agreements

Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 131 Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth) Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ss 12, 50, 51, 53, 54, 90, 182, 185, 186 Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth) s 6

Cases cited: Agricultural and Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Gardiner [2008] HCA 57; (2008) 238 CLR 570 Annual Leave Cases 1971-1972 (1972) 144 CAR 530 Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia v Dendrobium Coal Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 11 Australian and International Pilots Association v Qantas Airways Limited [2017] FCA 346 Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union v Prestige Property Services Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 11; (2006) 149 FCR 209 Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v ALS Industrial Australia Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 123; (2015) 235 FCR 305 Ballarat Health Services v Health Services Union [2012] FCAFC 79 Bluescope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd v Australian Workers Union [2019] FCAFC 84; (2019) 270 FCR 359 Catlow v Accident Compensation Commission (1989) 167 CLR 543 Centennial Northern Mining Services Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2015] FCAFC 100 Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union v Queensland Coal and Oil Shale Mining Industry (Superannuation) Ltd [2003] FCA 787; (2003) 132 FCR 1 Ex parte McLean (1930) 43 CLR 472 Field v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1957) 99 CLR 285 Glover v Tip Top Bakeries (1984) 8 IR 308 Health Services Union v Ballarat Health Services [2011] FCA 1256 James Cook University v Ridd [2020] FCAFC 123; (2020) 278 FCR 566 Kezich v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 362 King v Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club Inc [2020] FCA 1173 King v Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club Inc [2021] FCAFC 123 Korean Air Lines v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (No 3) [2008] FCA 701 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 37; (2015) 256 CLR 104 Quest Personnel Temping Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2002] FCA 85; (2002) 116 FCR 338 Scott v Sun Alliance Australia Ltd (1993) 178 CLR 1 Sheehan v Thiess Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 1762 Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association v Woolworths Limited [2006] FCA 616; (2006) 151 FCR 513 Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association v Woolworths SA Pty Ltd [2011] FCAFC 67 Short v FW Hercus Pty Ltd (1993) 40 FCR 511 Thiess Pty Ltd v Sheehan [2020] FCAFC 198 Transport Workers' Union of Australia v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 148 Transport Workers' Union of Australia v Linfox Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 829 United Voice v Wilson Security Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 66; (2019) 269 FCR 66 Volunteer Fire Brigades Vic Inc v Country Fire Authority (No 2) [2016] VSC 613; (2016) 50 VR 630 WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2021] HCA 23 WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene [2018] FCAFC 131; (2018) 264 FCR 536