Ryan v Furneys Stockfeeds Limited [1996] IRCA 112

DECISION NO: 112/96 CATCHWORDS INDUSTRIAL LAW - PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE - whether employee a 'probationary employee' within the meaning of reg 30B(1)(c) and thus excluded from Div 3 Part VIA Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth) - whether provision that employee is a probationary employee must be a term of the contract of employment - whether it is sufficient that provision for probationary employment is a clause of the award - whether period of probation reasonable. STATUTORY INTERPRETATION - expressio unius maxim - whether this maxim applied to reg 30B. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT - whether employee afforded procedural fairness - whether termination for valid reason - temporary absence from work - whether employer discharged onus to prove valid reason - whether termination harsh, unjust or unreasonable - compensation - whether compensation excessive. Milling Industry Award 1990 (Cth) Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth) s 170EA, s 170EB Byrne v Australian Airlines Limited; Frew v Australian Airlines Limited (1994) 47 FCR 300 Byrne v Australian Airlines Limited; Frew v Australian Airlines Limited (1995) 131 ALR 422 Houssein v Under Secretary, Department of Industrial Relations and Technology (NSW) 1982 148 CLR 88 Nicolson v Heaven & Earth Gallery Pty Ltd (1994) 1 IRCR 199 JAMES FOREMAN RYAN v FURNEYS STOCKFEEDS LIMITED No. NI 1120 of 1994 Beazley JJ 28 March 1996 Sydney

IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT ) OF AUSTRALIA ) ) No. NI 1120 of 1994 NEW SOUTH WALES ) DISTRICT REGISTRY ) BETWEEN: JAMES FOREMAN RYAN Applicant AND: FURNEY STOCKFEEDS LIMITED Respondent CORAM: BEAZLEY J PLACE: SYDNEY DATE: 28 March 1996 SHORT MINUTES OF ORDER The Court orders: 1. The orders of the Judicial Registrar be set aside. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Industrial Relations Court Rules.