NSW Caselaw
Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
CITATION: Abbott and Markham v. BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited [2007] NSWIRComm 1087
APPLICANT Australian Workers Union PARTIES: RESPONDENT BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 1190, 1191 and 1485 of 2007
CORAM: Connor C
CATCHWORDS: termination of employment - steelworks - referral agreement - breach of fundamental requirement to work in a safe manner - occupational health and safety - employees dismissed
LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996 Occupational Health and Safety Act, 2000
Brown v. BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited [2005] NSWIRComm 1021 Re Clarke and the Metropolitabn Meat Industry Board (1967) AR 16 Homebush Abattoir Case (1966) AR 371 CASES CITED: John Lysaght (Australia) Limited v. Federated Ironworkers' Association (1972) AILR Rep.517 Jovanovski v. BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited [2007] NSWIRComm 1019 Laws v. London Chronicle (indicator Newspapers) Limited (1959) 2 All ER 285 Metropolitan Meat Industry Board v. Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union (1973) AR 231
HEARING DATES: 08/11/2007, 09/11/2007, 19/11/2007, 20/11/2007, 27/11/2007
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 19 December 2007
APPLICANT Wayne Phillips Australian Workers Union LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES:
RESPONDENT Michael Mead Australian Industry Group
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