John Paul Reed and Southstate Industrial Supplies Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 185

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : John Paul Reed and Southstate Industrial Supplies Pty Ltd [2001] NSWIRComm 185 APPLICANT PARTIES : Mr John Paul Reed RESPONDENT Southstate Industrial Supplies Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER: 6321 of 2000 CORAM: Sams DP Termination of employment - unfair dismissal - out of time application - Commission's discretion - alleged unsatisfactory work performance - whether warnings given - principles of procedural fairness - costs CATCHWORDS : Held, application accepted out of time - work performance did not justify dismissal - no appropriate warnings - applicant denied procedural fairness - dismissal "unreasonable and unjust" - reinstatement impractical - compensation ordered - costs application refused LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Kent Gorrell v Uwatec Pty Ltd (unreported, Sams DP, IRC1700 of 1999, 5 July 1999) Maity and Express Publications Pty Ltd (unreported, Sams DP, IRC6216 of 2000, 27 July 2001) Spanish Club Ltd v Bounouar (94 IR 173) Byrne and Anor v Australian Airlines (185 CLR 310) Outboard World v Muir (51 IR 167) Bankstown City Council v Paris (93 IR 209) Wang v Crestell Industries Pty Ltd (73 IR 454) CASES CITED : Rapp v Wauchope RSL Club (81 IR 116) Bigg & Anor v New South Wales Police Service (80 IR 434) Burke v McGirr (87 IR 54) Busways v Johnson (55 IR 255) Antanakopoulos v State Bank of New South Wales (91 IR 385) Passas v Skouloudis (unreported, Sams DP, IRC2579 of 2000, 1 June 2001) Copperart v Martin (68 IR 58) Blagojevch v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (98 IR 32) HEARING DATES: 05/10/2001; 05/24/2001; 06/07/2001; 06/14/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/17/2001