Brown v Power and Power T/AS Royal Hotel Tumut [1996] IRCA 140

DECISION NO: 140/96 CATCHWORDS INDUSTRIAL LAW - review of decision of Judicial Registrar - unlawful termination - compensation - whether workers compensation payments paid to an employee after termination should be treated as remuneration. Industrial Relations Act 1988: ss 170CD, 170DE(1)(a), 170DF(1)(a), 170EA, 170EDA(2), 170EE(3), 170EE(3)(b), 170EE(4)(a) and 377 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW): ss 9, 33, 36(1), 38A, 42, 42(6) and 50 Industrial Relations Act 1991 (NSW): ss 235 and 243 Industrial Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1995: s170EE(2) Lane v Arrowcrest Group Pty Ltd (t/as Roh Alloy Wheels) (1990) 27 FCR 427 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 69 ALJR 797 Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia & Ors v The Amalgamated Metal Workers' and Shipwrights' Union & Ors (1983) 152 CLR 632 Huysse v Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority (1975) 1 NSWLR 401 Mullany v Active Concrete, 3 May 1995, Wilcox CJ, unreported Graham & Baker (1961) 106 CLR 3-10 Scott v Sun Alliance Australia Ltd & Anor (1993) 178 CLR 1 Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia v Deniliquin Council (1995) 134 ALR 267 Janicek v ICI Dulux Australia, 4 September 1995, Wilcox CJ, unreported Aitken v The Construction, Mining, Energy, Timberyards, Sawmills and Woodworkers Union of Australia - Western Australian Branch, 7 August 1995, Lee J, unreported No. AI 1023R of 1995 ALAN LAWRENCE BROWN v COLIN WILLIAM POWER AND KAY POWER T/AS ROYAL HOTEL TUMUT MOORE J CANBERRA 19 April 1996

IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ) ) COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) No. AI 1023R of 1995 ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY ) BETWEEN: ALAN LAWRENCE BROWN Applicant AND: COLIN WILLIAM POWER AND KAY POWER T/AS ROYAL HOTEL TUMUT Respondents JUDGE: Moore J PLACE: Canberra DATE: 19 April 1996 ORDER OF THE COURT THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The order of the Judicial Registrar of 1 June 1995 requiring payment of compensation to the applicant in the sum of $13,000 is set aside. 2. The respondents pay the applicant the sum of $2,500 by way of compensation. 3. Liberty to apply. NOTE: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Industrial Relations Court Rules.