NSW Caselaw
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
CITATION: Ptolemy & St. Vincents Private Hospital [2005] NSWIRComm 1132
APPLICANT: Ms. Lynette Ptolemy PARTIES: RESPONDENT: St. Vincents Private Hospital
FILE NUMBER(S): 1590 of 2005
CORAM: Ritchie C
Applicant worked as a casual before applying for a part time registered nurse post graduate training course. Applicant successful and signed a contract for 12 months. At end of contract no further work offered by hospital. Applicant claimed unfair dismissal. CATCHWORDS: Respondent claimed no termination at the initiative of the employer. Applicant accepted that neither party had an obligation on each other to offer or accept future employment . Found that termination was not at the iniative of the respondent but that cessation had occured as a consequence of the passing of time to the end of the agreed training period . As a consequence Commission lacks jurisdiction to hear the matter. Application dismissed, matter concluded.
LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996
HEARING DATES: 08/12/2005
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/17/2005
APPLICANT: Mr. G.Grasso (Agent) LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT: Mr. W.Harvey (solicitor)
DECISION: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
CORAM: RITCHIE C.
17 August 2005
Matter No IRC 1590 of 2005
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