Troy Robert Dunning v Neata Glass Service Pty Ltd [1995] IRCA 630

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INDUSTRIAL LAW - TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT - claim of UNLAWFUL TERMINATION - whether criminal conduct out of working hours amounts to SERIOUS MISCONDUCT - whether termination for a VALID REASON - whether termination HARSH UNJUST OR UNREASONABLE - APPRENTICE. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1988 (Cth) Ss 170DB, 170DB(1)(b), 170DE, 170DE(2), 170EE(1), 170EE(2). NORTHERN TERRITORY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AUTHORITY ACT 1991 Seymour v Stawell Timber Ind P/L (1985) 9 FCR 249 Hanley v Pease & Partners Ltd [1975] 1 KB 698 Warburton v Taff Vale Railway Co (1902) 18 TLR 42 Browne v Commissioner for Railways (1935) 36 SR (NSW) 21 Marshall v English Electrical Co Ltd [1945] 1 All ER 653 Ismet Hussein v Westpac Banking Corporation No VI 1228/94, March 30 1995, unreported, Staindl JR Osborne v Woolworths (SA) Ltd (1992) 59 SAIR 600 Re Public Service Association of NSW and the Health Administration (1987) AR(NSW) 352 Nicholson v Heaven and Earth Gallery Pty Ltd (1994) 1 ICRC 199 Gregory v Philip Morris Limited (1988) 80 ALR 455 TROY ROBERT DUNNING V NEATA GLASS SERVICE PTY LTD Before: Judicial Registrar BLOKLAND Place: Darwin Hearing Date: 25 September 1995 Judgment Date: 17 October 1995 IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT OF AUSTRALIA DARWIN REGISTRY No DI95/1072 BETWEEN:

TROY ROBERT DUNNING Applicant AND NEATA GLASS PTY LTD Respondent MINUTE OF ORDERS

BEFORE: BLOKLAND JR PLACE: DARWIN DATE: 17 OCTOBER 1995 THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The respondent pay to the applicant damages in the sum of $170 being payment in lieu of notice pursuant s 170DB Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth). 2. Further, the respondent pay to the applicant the sum of $170 being payment due and owing for the week during which the applicant was suspended. 3. Further, the respondent pay to the applicant the sum of $1360 in compensation 4. That the respondent be given 21 days to comply with these orders. IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT OF AUSTRALIA DARWIN REGISTRY No DI95/1072 BETWEEN: