Yilmaz Izdes v LG Bennett & Co Pty Limited t/as Alba Industries [1995] IRCA 465

CATCHWORDS INDUSTRIAL LAW - TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT - whether valid reason for dismissal - employee's duty to obey lawful and reasonable orders - whether order lawful and reasonable where employee may breach obligation of confidentiality - whether termination harsh, unjust or unreasonable - whether breakdown in the employment relationship. INDUSTRIAL LAW - TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT - REMEDIES - whether reinstatement impracticable - meaning of 'impracticable' - whether compensation should be awarded - method of calculating compensation. INDUSTRIAL LAW - review of Judicial Registrar's decision - hearing de novo. Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth) s170DB, s170DE, s170EDA, s170EE, s377 'The Employee's Duty to Obey Unreasonable Orders', G.J. McCarry (1984) 58 ALJ 327 Adami v Maison De Luxe Ltd (1924) 35 CLR 143 Suttling v D-G of Education (1985) 3 NSWLR 427 Pastrycooks Employees v Gartrell White (No. 3) (1990) 35 IR 70 Lister v Romford Ice & Cold Storage Co Limited [1957] AC 555 Australian Telecommunications Commission v Hart (1982) 65 FCR 41 at 47 R v Darling Island Stevedoring and Lighterage Co Limited Ex parte Halliday and Sullivan (1938) 60 CLR 601 Clouston and Co. Limited v Corry [1906] AC 122 Laws v London Chronicle (Indicator) Newspapers (Limited) [1959] 1 WLR 698 Liddell v Lembke (1994-95) 127 ALR 342 Nicholson v Heaven & Earth Gallery Pty Ltd (1994) 126 ALR 233 Cox v South Australian Meat Corporation (unreported 13 June 1995, Industrial Relations Court of Australia) Messervy v Maldoc Pty Limited (unreported, 30 June 1995, Wilcox CJ) YILMAZ IZDES v L.G. BENNETT & CO PTY LIMITED t/as ALBA INDUSTRIES No. WI 307 of 1994 Beazley J 14 September 1995 Sydney

IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT ) OF AUSTRALIA ) ) No. WI 307 of 1994 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ) DISTRICT REGISTRY ) BETWEEN: YILMAZ IZDES Applicant AND: L.G. BENNETT & CO PTY LIMITED t/as ALBA INDUSTRIES Respondent CORAM: BEAZLEY J PLACE: SYDNEY DATE: 14 September 1995 SHORT MINUTES OF ORDER The Court declares: 1. There was no valid reason for the termination of the applicant's employment. The Court orders that: 2. Within 14 days of the date of this order, the respondent pay to the applicant the sum of $22,500. 3. The respondent file and serve any affidavit evidence in relation to the value of the motor vehicle and superannuation which were part of the applicant's salary package within 14 days of the date of this order.