Church v Gold Coast City Council [1996] IRCA 176

DECISION NO: 176/96 CATCHWORDS INDUSTRIAL LAW - CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT - SPECIFIED PERIOD CONTRACT - whether constituted by "temporary employment" - extensions of temporary employment contracts - amalgamation of Local Councils and effect of new legal entity on temporary employment contracts INDUSTRIAL LAW - CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT - requirement of agreement as to TERMS - requirement of mutuality of contractual obligation INDUSTRIAL LAW - ESTOPPEL INDUSTRIAL LAW - AWARD - alleged inconsistency with Local Government Regulation INDUSTRIAL LAW - claim of UNLAWFUL TERMINATION - NO VALID REASON - REDUNDANCY - REINSTATEMENT Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth): ss 170ee, 170de(2), 170ha, 170hb, 170jg Local Government Act 1993 (Qld) Industrial Relations Regulations: reg 30b(1)(aa) Local Government (Albert, Beaudesert and Gold Coast) Regulation 1994 Local Government Officers' Award 1992 Termination of Employment Convention Anderson v Umbakumba Community Council (1994) 56 IR 102 Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (Full Court, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, 26 March 1996) Re Australian Industrial Relations Commission; Ex parte Australian Transport Officers Federation (1990) 171 CLR 216 Byrne & Frew v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 131 ALR 422 (1995) 61 IR 32 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 J Evans & Son (Portsmouth) Ltd v Andrea Merzario Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 1078 Iannov v Fowell [1984] 156 CLR 328 Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia v Amalgamated Metal Workers Union (1983) 152 CLR 632 Short v FW Hercus Pty Limited (1993) 40 FCR 511 COLIN CHURCH v GOLD COAST CITY COUNCIL MARIO DUSSEK v GOLD COAST CITY COUNCIL DARREN LACK v GOLD COAST CITY COUNCIL CLIFF RIX v GOLD COAST CITY COUNCIL JOHN SMITH v GOLD COAST CITY COUNCIL QI 95/1249, QI 95/1254, QI 95/1248, QI 95/1251, QI 95/1246 CORAM: MADGWICK J PLACE: BRISBANE DATE: 13 MAY 1996