Xenos and Good New Printing Pty Ltd [2005] NSWIRComm 1028

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION: Xenos and Good New Printing Pty Ltd [2005] NSWIRComm 1028

APPLICANT: Mr P Xenos PARTIES: RESPONDENT: Good News Printing Pty Ltd

FILE NUMBER(S): 40 of 2004

CORAM: Bishop C

CATCHWORDS: Termination of employment - printer - for alleged kicking of container of solvent - abuse of employee - conflicting evidence - lack of evidence of previous warnings - fairness of investigative procedure challenged - unrepresented parties - held termination of employee substantively and procedurally unfair - only one prior warning - the production process - conflicting evidence about incident - applicant's version accepted - applicant obtained alternate employment - compensation ordered.

LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996

Byrne & Anor v Australian Airlines (1995) 61 IR 32 Wang v Crestell Industries Pty Ltd (1997) 73 IR 454 Rapp v Wauchope RSL Club (1998 ) 81 IR 116 Bigg & Anor v New South Wales Police Service (1998) 80 IR 434 Burke v McGirr (1998) 87 IR 54 Busways v Johnson (1994) 55 IR 255 CASES CITED: Antona Kopoulos v State Bank (1999) 91 IR 385 Outboard World v Muir (1993) 51 IR 167 Bankstown City Council v Paris (unreported) (1999) IRC 262 of 1999 Sams v Contact Point International Pty Ltd (2001) NSWIRComm 18 Police Association of New South Wales on behalf of Tregonning v New South Wales Police Service (1999) IRC 2799/99 D & R Commercial Pty Ltd v Flood (2002) 113 IR 344