Federal Court of Australia
DECISION NO:258/97
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT OF AUSTRALIA
INDUSTRIAL LAW - TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT - VALID REASON - meaning of "valid reason" - whether misconduct amounted to a breach of an essential term of the contract of employment AWARDS - obligation imposed upon employer that termination of employment shall not be harsh, unjust or unreasonable - employer's failure to comply with obligation - relevance to whether employer had a valid reason for termination Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth): s 170DE, s 170EDA, s 170EE, s 170HA, s 170HB Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd v Watson (1946) 72 CLR 435 Byrne and Frew v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 131 ALR 422 Cosco Holdings Pty Ltd v Van Do and Ors (IRCA, Madgwick J, 30 June 1997) Fitzgerald v F J Leonhardt Pty Ltd (1997) 71 ALJR 653 George Hudson Ltd v Australian Timber Workers Union (1923) 32 CLR 413 Holman v Johnson (1775) 98 ER 1120 Kerr v Jaroma Pty Ltd (IRCA, Marshall J, 7 October 1996) Nelson v Nelson (1995) 184 CLR 538 Nettlefold v Kym Smoker Pty (1996) 69 IR 370 North v Television Corporation Ltd (1976) 11 ALR 599 Selvachandran v Peteron Plastics Pty Ltd (1995) 62 IR 371 Victoria v Commonwealth (1996) 138 ALR 129 Westen v Union Des Assurances De Paris (IRCA, Madgwick J, 17 December 1996) Yango Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v First Chicago Australia Ltd (1978) 139 CLR 410 George Zdenkowski, Sentencing of Federal and A.C.T. Offenders: Some Reform Proposals, Australian Law Reform Commission, 1986 JUPITERS LTD v STEPHEN THIRKETTLE AND STEVEN McGINNESS QI 1023, 1024 of 1996 Madgwick J Sydney
25 July 1997
IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT )
OF AUSTRALIA )
) QI 1023, 1024 of 1996 ) QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY )
BETWEEN: JUPITERS LTD
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