Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited [2011] NSWIRComm 1049

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Limited [2011] NSWIRComm 1049 Hearing dates: 29 September, 2011 Decision date: 14 October 2011 Before: Connor C Decision: Claim for entitlement for payment of production bonus to employees acting in breach of grievance settling procedure rejected Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE - steelworks - referral agreement - jurisdiction - question of interpretation of an industrial instrument - declaratory relief - bonus payment scheme - whether industrial action in breach of a dispute settling procedure deprived employees of receipt of the bonus payment Legislation Cited: Industrial Relations Act 1996 Cases Cited: Bryce v Apperley (1998) 82 IR 448 Cepus v. Heggies Transport Pty Limited (1994) 52 IR 123 Codelfa Construction Pty Limited v. State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 George A Bond and Company Limited v McKenzie (1929) AR 498 Kellogg (Australia) Pty Limited v National Union of Workers (1998) 89 IR 391 Kingmill Australia Pty Limited v Federated Clerks' Union of Australia (2001) 106 IR 217 New England Area Health Services Case - unreported Perisher Blue v Australian Workers Union (1999) 91 IR 274 South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service v Health Services Union (2007) 165 IR 43 State of New South Wales v Commonwealth of Australia (2006) 156 IR 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union (applicant)