Griffith City Council v Romeo (No 2) [2024] NSWIRComm 1011

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Griffith City Council v Romeo (No 2) [2024] NSWIRComm 1011 Hearing dates: 4 September 2023 Date of orders: 27 February 2024 Decision date: 27 February 2024 Jurisdiction: Industrial Relations Commission Before: Chief Commissioner Constant, Commissioner Webster and Commissioner Muir Decision: Leave to appeal is refused. Catchwords: EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL LAW - — Industrial Relations Commission — Appeals – Leave to appeal – assessment of harshness - whether utility in granting leave to appeal -no utility – leave refused Legislation Cited: Industrial Relations Act 1996 ss 89, 187, 188, 190A, 191 Road Transport Act 2013 ss 4, 5, 54 Work, Health and Safety Act 2011 ss 19, 32 Cases Cited: Aboud v State of New South Wales (Department of School Education) [1999] NSWIRComm 449; (1999) 92 IR 32 Antonakopoulos v State Bank of New South Wales (1999) 91 IR 385 Australian Coal & Shale Employees' Federation v Commonwealth (1953) 94 CLR 621 Coal & Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2000) 203 CLR 194 Commissioner of Police v Platts [2021] NSWIRComm 1021 Griffith City Council v Romeo [2023] NSWIRComm 1041 Hosemans v Commissioner of Police (No 4) (2005) 150 IR 263 Industrial Relations Secretary v Fraser (No 2) [2015] NSWIRComm 10 King v State Bank of New South Wales (No 2) [2002] NSWIRComm 353; (2002) 126 IR 407 Lovell v Lovell (1950) 81 CLR 513 North v Television Corporation Ltd (1976) 11 ALR 599 Police Association of New South Wales v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2023] NSWIRComm 1095 Re Solicitors (State) Award (No 3) (1997) 72 IR 225 Romeo v Griffith City Council [2023] NSWIRComm 1015 Shakir v Department of Family and Community Services (2017) 270 IR 155; [2017] NSWIRComm 1040 Stone Microsystems (Aust) Pty Ltd v Kwong (1997) 42 NSWLR 160 Qantas Airways Ltd v Transport Workers' Union of Australia (2022) 292 FCR 34 Sydney Ferries Corporation v The Seamen's Union of Australia, NSW Branch on behalf of Levy (2009)186 IR 99 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Griffith City Council (appellant) Rocco Romeo (respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Britt (appellant) A Howell (respondent)