Nurhayat Erduran and The Menzies Group of Companies t/as Allcorp Pty Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 11

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Nurhayat Erduran and The Menzies Group of Companies t/as Allcorp Pty Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 11 APPLICANT: PARTIES : Nurhayat Erduran RESPONDENT: The Menzies Group of Companies t/as Allcorp Pty Limited FILE NUMBER: 4215 of 2002 CORAM: Sams DP Termination of employment - unfair dismissal - respondent takes over new contract - existing employees retained - whether employees on probation - exclusion of applicant from unfair dismissal provisions - Regulation 6(1)(c) - relevant principles. CATCHWORDS : Held, applicant employed for eleven years unlikely to be on probation - applicant unaware of probation - probationary period not set in advance - contradictory advice from employer - confusion of dates of meeting not decisive - employer's processess regrettable - applicant not on probation - applicant not excluded from the provisions of Pt 6 ch 2 of the Act - further proceedings listed. LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Industrial Relations (General) Regulation 2001 Atkins v St Marys Rugby League Club (unreported) Redman C, IRC99/2561 24 August 1999 Hazel Lang and Reid and Vasely (unreported) Sams DP, IRC99/1400, 11 October 1999 Laing and St Georges Basin Country Club (unreported) Buckley C, IRC99/1365, 12 July 1999 Nicolson v Heaven and Earth Gallery Pty Ltd (1994) 57 IR 50 CASES CITED : Director General of the Department of Corrective Services v Mitchelson (1992) 26 NSWLR 648 Creedon v Clarvon Ltd t/as Footrest Shoes, (unreported), Sams DP, Matter IRC98/5227, 16 June 1999 Burks v Zanmarl Pty Limited [2000] NSWIRComm 167 Follows v Knight Frank NSW Pty Ltd [2002] NSWIRComm 288 Key v Stuart Upton Pymble (unreported) Bishop C, Matter IRC98/5503, 19 April 1999 HEARING DATES: 12/04/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/07/2003