Elisjones v Dorena Pty Limited t/as Kyle Management Resources [2002] NSWIRComm 73

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Elisjones v Dorena Pty Limited t/as Kyle Management Resources [2002] NSWIRComm 73 APPLICANT Ms B Elisjones PARTIES : RESPONDENT Dorena Pty Limited t/as Kyle Management Resources FILE NUMBER: IRC 5196 of 2001 CORAM: Grayson DP Whether applicant constructively dismissed, resignation well after heated discussion with employer, whether compelled or unduly influenced to resign, analysis of what occurred required, whether employer set out on an improper cause designed to obtain the termination of the contract of employment without formally dismissing the employee, unrepresented litigant, assisted with appropriate guidance and advice, employer and employee mutual disregard, mutual hostility displayed, predominant factor in breakdown of employment relationship, onus of proof on applicant CATCHWORDS : Held, applicant not constructively dismissed, application dismissed LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 84 s 163 Allison v Bega Valley Council (1995) 63 IR 68 Barrett v Crown Street Women's Hospital, Re [1947] AR (NSW) 565 Bigg and Anor v NSW Police Service (1998) 80 IR 434 Easton v Bourke Air Charter Pty Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWComm 155, CASES CITED : Homebush Abattoir, Re [1966] AR (NSW) 386 R v Gidley [1984] 3 NSWLR 168 R v Zorad [1990] 19 NSWLR 91 Vincent v Le Cornu Furniture and Carpet Centre Pty Ltd (1996) 71 IR 227 Western Suburbs District Ambulance Committee v Tipping [1957] AR (NSW) 273