Peter Fagan v Tricon Restaurants Australia Pty Ltd (formerly Pepsico Australia Pty Ltd t/as Pepsico Food Systems) [2002] NSWIRComm 86

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Peter Fagan v Tricon Restaurants Australia Pty Ltd (formerly Pepsico Australia Pty Ltd t/as Pepsico Food Systems) [2002] NSWIRComm 86 APPLICANTS Peter Fagan Peter Bodner Gary Wicks Jeffery John Swan Steve Williams Bart Creamer Raymond James PARTIES : Jenny Jones Raymond Lawrence Mark McCann Dean Morris Ian Owens Wayne Thompson Kenneth Proctor

RESPONDENT Tricon Restaurants Australian Pty Ltd (formerly Pepsico Australia Pty Ltd t/as Pepsico Food Systems) FILE NUMBER: 2440 of 2001, 2442 of 2001, 2443 of 2001, 2444 of 2001, 2445 of 2001, 2447 of 2001, 2448 of 2001, 2449 of 2001, 2450 of 2001, 2451 of 2001, 2452 of 2001, 2453 of 2001, 2454 of 2001, 2455 of 2001 CORAM: Peterson J Recovery of wages- limitation period of six years- meaning and effect of- whether unpaid wages for period earlier than six years before date of application "become due" on termination. CATCHWORDS : Practice and procedure- abuse of process- whether constituted when 14 applicants particularise their individual claims identically- matter of evidence. Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1991 Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 Wardley Australia v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Wheatley v Armstrong [1995] NSW IRC 3 (3 February 1995) unreported Maciver v Hilton Nursing Homes [1999] NSW IRComm 152 (20 April 1999) unreported Ex parte Nugan Packing Co Pty Ltd: re Prentice (1950) 50 SR (NSW) 222 Prentice v Nugan Packing Co Pty Ltd [(1950) 81 CLR 558] Nisbet v Kilfoyle (1996), unreported, 18 December 1996 CASES CITED : General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Rix v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (1998) NSWIRComm 496 (unreported, 9 September 1998) Walton v Gardiner (1992-3) 177 CLR 378 Yourth & Kean v Dunlop Bedding (NSW) Pty Ltd (3 March 1998, Chief Industrial Magistrate GA Miller) J. Robins and Sons Limited v Maloney (No. 2) 1935 AR 155 Schreiber v Santora 1935 AR 168 Commissioner for Railways v Hunt (re McDonald) 1940 AR 90 HEARING DATES: 11/26/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/26/2002