Walterio Garrido and Catholic Education Office Sydney [2003] NSWIRComm 252

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Walterio Garrido and Catholic Education Office Sydney [2003] NSWIRComm 252 APPLICANT: PARTIES : Walterio Garrido RESPONDENT: Catholic Education Office Sydney FILE NUMBER: 550 of 2003 CORAM: Sams DP Termination of employment - unfair dismissal - reason for dismissal - restructure of school maintenance and groundkeeping - whether applicant redundant - whether genuine redundancy - incident with supervisor - notice to applicant - consultation and options for alternative employment - award provisions on redundancy. CATCHWORDS : Held, applicant's position genuinely redundant - no sham redundancy - incident with supervisor a coincidence - incident had no bearing on dismissal - principles of unfairness in redundancy - notice period not unreasonable - applicant paid in excess of award entitlements - applicant appealed decision - no options for alternative employment - applicant not treated unfairly in selection process - employer's obligations discharged - dismissal not harsh, unjust or unreasonable within the meaning of Pt 6 ch 2 of the Act - application dismissed. LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Electrical Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch (on behalf of Filipe Rodrigues) and Star Electrical Co Pty Ltd [2002] NSWIRComm 297 Humphries v Cootamundra Ex-Services and Citizens Memorial Club Limited [2003] NSWIRComm 211 Huseyin Arslan and others and Berkeley Challenge (Commercial) Pty Limited and Others [2001] NSWIRComm 45 Outboard World v Muir (1993) 51 IR 167 CASES CITED : Re Application for Redundancy Awards (1994) 53 IR 419 Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales and W D & H O Wills Holdings Ltd [2000] NSWIRComm 98