HERSON AND ONE.TEL LTD [2000] NSWIRComm 3

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : HERSON AND ONE.TEL LTD [2000] NSWIRComm 3 PARTIES : IRA HERSON (APPLICANT) AND ONE.TEL (RESPONDENT) FILE NUMBER: IRC5181 of 1998 CORAM: Sams DP Termination of employment - allegations of poor sales performance - appropriate warnings - whether dismissal "harsh, unreasonable or unjust" - whether applicant afforded fair process - Relevant general principles - authorities cited

CATCHWORDS : Held, Applicant's evidence preferred - employer's expectations unreasonable comparitive performance not assessed - dismissal "harsh, ureasonable and unjust" - applicant denied procedural fairness - reinstatement impractical - Compensation ordered - relatively short service taken into account -costs application reserved LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) s84 s89 Workplace Relations Act 1996 Western Suburbs District Ambulance Committee v Tipping (1957) AR 273 per McKeon J Antanakopoulos v State Bank of New South Wales (unreported Wright P Walton VP and Redman C. Matter IRC6863 of 1998) Byrne & Anor v Australian Airlines (1995) 85 CLR 410 Buckman v Burdekin Resources NL (1998) 85 IR 415 Helprin v Westfield Ltd CASES CITED : (1996) 68 IR 25 Ken Beahan v Bush Boake Allen Australia Ltd (unreported Wright P Waton VP Hungerford J Matter IRC621 of 1999 17 December 1999) Outboard World Ltd v Muir (1993) 51 IR 167 Bankstown City Council v Paris (unreported Wright P Peterson J and Bishop C IRC262 of 1999 23 August 1999) Bean v Milstern Retirement Services Pty Ltd (unreported AIRC Moore J 2 June 1995) HEARING DATES: 11/09/1999; 11/11/1999; 11/12/1999; 12/02/1999 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/18/2000