Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South Wales Branch (on behalf of Tony Ferrato) v Auburn Council [2011] NSWIRComm 1015

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South Wales Branch (on behalf of Tony Ferrato) v Auburn Council [2011] NSWIRComm 1015 Hearing dates: 15 and 16 December 2010 Decision date: 12 April 2011 Jurisdiction: Industrial Relations Commission Before: Oakman AC Decision: Employer's dismissal of employee was harsh, unreasonable and unjust; orders made for reinstatement, payment of remuneration and no break in continuity of employment Catchwords: UNFAIR DISMISSAL - failure to obey lawful and reasonable directions - one direction contrary to Award - misconduct - overall work history - misconduct denied in part - procedural issues - HELD - dismissal harsh, unreasonable and unjust - orders made Legislation Cited: Industrial Relations Act 1996 Surveillance Devices Act 2007 Cases Cited: Antonakopoulos v State Bank NSW (1999) 91 IR 385 Australian Services Union of NSW on behalf of Valentina Angelovska v St George Youth Services Inc [2010] NSWIRComm 1051 Bankstown City Council v Paris (1999) 100 IR 363 Briginshaw v Briginshaw & Anor (1938) 60 CLR 336 Budlong v NCR Australia [2006] NSWIRComm 288 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 185 CLR 410 Carolyn Juilie Smith v Walgett Shire Council [2010] NSWIRComm 1071 Clarke and Metropolitan Meat Industry Board, Re [1967] AR (NSW) 16 Ferns v Department of Corrective Services [2005] NSWIRComm 9 Hornsby Shire Council v Hunt [2002] NSWIRComm 158 I W McLauchlan v Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd (24/3/1998 AIRC unreported) Joseph D'Souza v NSW Department of Transport and Infrastructure [2010] NSWIRComm 1042 New South Wales Nurses Association (on behalf of Colin Prior) and South Eastern and Illawarra Area Health Service [2007] NSWIRComm 164 NSW Nurses' Association on behalf of Debbie Rudder v Booroongen Aboriginal Corporation [2007] NSWIRComm 89 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALJR 170 Outboard World Pty Ltd (t/as Budget Waste Control (Sydney)) v Muir (1993) 51 IR 167 Pastrycooks Employees, Biscuit Makers Employees & Flour and Sugar Goods Workers Union (NSW) v Gartrell White (No. 3) (1990) 35 IR 70 Perkins v Grace Worldwide (Aust) Pty Ltd (1997) 72 IR 186 R v Darling Island Stevedoring and Lighthouse Ltd; Ex parte Halliday and Sullivan (1938) 60 CLR 601 Schokoman v RTA [2010] NSWIRComm 1011 Western Suburbs District Ambulance Committee v Tipping [1957] AR (NSW) 273 Zonneveld v South Eastern and Illawarra Area Health Service [2010] NSWIRComm 1002 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South Wales Branch (on behalf of Tony Ferrato) (Applicant)