Employment law : concepts and cases

543 Pages·2017·3.103 MB·English

by  Natalie Van der Waarden, CCH Australia Limited,

Employment Law
Concepts and Cases
4th Edition
Employment Law
Concepts and Cases
4th Edition
Natalie van der Waarden
LLB (Adel), BEc (Adel), MIR (WAust)
Senior Lecturer, Murdoch Law School,
Murdoch University
LexisNexis Butterworths
Australia
2018
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Author: van der Waarden, Natalie.
Title: Employment law: concepts and cases.
Edition: 4th edition.
ISBN: 9780409344691 (pbk).
9780409344707 (ebk).
Notes: Includes index.
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation — Australia.
Labor laws and legislation — Australia — States.
© 2018 Reed International Books Australia Pty Limited trading as LexisNexis.
Previous edition:
Employment Law — An Outline (2004) is a successor to Outline of Employment Law, Nii Wallace-
Bruce, 2nd ed, 1999. Second edition 2010 (reprinted 2013). Understanding Employment Law: Concepts
and Cases, 3rd edition 2014 (reprinted 2014 and 2016).
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Preface
Employment Law: Concepts and Cases assists tertiary business and
humanities students learning about employment law in Australia.
The case law and legislation this book describes is especially
helpful to those who will work in human resource management,
employee relations and related areas. An emphasis is on key
concepts, and cases that exemplify those concepts.
Fundamental common law and legislative principles making
up employment law are discussed by looking at selected cases and
parts of relevant statutes. Cases are summarily outlined to
highlight major issues, and legislation is concisely described to
focus on specific rights and obligations. This approach aims to
create an awareness of significant aspects of employment law
without excessive reference to detail. To further support students,
short review questions are posed at the end of each chapter. Many
of these questions encourage problem-based learning.
The new edition has a rearrangement of its 12 chapters to
better cover the essential areas of employment law in Australia,
with a separate chapter on statutory job protections. It updates
case law and legislation simply and briefly, explaining changes
and developments in the law that form a central part of the
current employment landscape.
Natalie van der Waarden
October 2017
Table of Cases
References are to paragraph numbers
A
Abdalla v Viewdaze Pty Ltd (2003) 122 IR 215 …. 2.19, 2.24
ACE Insurance v Trifunovski [2013] FCAFC 3 …. 2.26
Adami v Maison De Luxe Ltd (1924) 35 CLR 143 …. 6.21
Adamson v New South Wales Rugby League Ltd (1991) 38 IR 427 …. 3.51
Addis v Gramophone (1909) AC 488 …. 7.1
Adelaide Hebrew Congregation v Engel [2007] SADC 23 …. 2.69
Aerial Taxi Cabs v Lee [2000] FCA 1628 …. 3.55
Akmeemana v Murray [2009] NSWSC 979 …. 3.63
ALDI Foods Pty Ltd v Transport Workers’ Union of Australia (2012) FWAFB
9398 …. 10.11
Amalgamated Collieries of WA Ltd v True (1938) 59 CLR 417 …. 1.26
Amcor v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2005] HCA 10
…. 6.46
Andersen v Umbakumba Community Council (1994) 126 ALR 121 …. 6.7
Anderson v Sullivan (1997) 78 FCR 380 …. 5.9
Andreevski v Western Institute Student Union Inc (1994) 58 IR 195 …. 2.74
Ansell Rubber Co Pty Ltd v Allied Rubber Industries Pty Ltd [1967] VR 37 ….
5.23, 5.39
Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v Australian Federation of Air
Pilots [1991] 1 VR 636 …. 11.11, 11.15, 11.18
— v Wardley (1980) 142 CLR 237 …. 7.24
Associated Dominions Assurance Society Pty Ltd, Re (1962) 109 CLR 516 ….
6.36, 6.52
— v Andrew (1949) 49 SR (NSW) 351 …. 5.35, 5.40
Astley v Austrust Ltd (1999) 197 CLR 1 …. 4.21
Attwood v Lamont [1920] 3 KB 580 …. 3.56
Aurizon Operations Ltd, Re [2015] FWCFB 540 …. 10.16
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union v Meat and Allied Trades
Federation of Australia (1991) 40 IR 303 …. 11.27
Australian Air Express v Langford (2005) NSWCA 96 …. 2.21
Australian and International Pilots Association v Fair Work Australia [2012]
FCAFC 65 …. 11.21
Australian Builders’ Labourers’ Federated Union of Workers (WA Branch) v J-
Corp Pty Ltd (1993) 48 IR 452 …. 11.26
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v CG Berbatis Holdings
(2003) 214 CLR 51 …. 3.43
Australian Iron and Steel v Banovic (1989) 168 CLR 165 …. 7.25
Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union v Wedderburn [2016] FWC 2260
…. 10.14
Australian Mutual Provident Society v Chaplin (1978) 18 ALR 385 …. 2.12,
2.20, 2.31, 2.32, 2.34
Australian National Hotels Pty Ltd v Jager (2000) 9 Tas R 153 …. 6.10
Australian Telecommunications Commission v Hart (1982) 43 ALR 165 ….
5.4
Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd v Watson (1946) 72 CLR 435 …. 4.2
Automotive, Food, Metal, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union
v Visy Packaging Pty Ltd (No 3) (2013) 216 FCR 70 …. 7.16
Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries
Union (Western Australian Branch) v Midland Brick Company Pty Ltd
(2002) WAIRC 06902 …. 4.27
AWA Ltd v Koval (1993) 35 AILR 169 …. 5.19
B
Baiada Poultry v R [2012] HCA 14 …. 12.8
Balfours Bakery v Cooper [2011] FWAFB 8032 …. 6.42
Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaart NV v Slatford [1953] 1 QB 248 …. 2.16
Barac (t/as Exotic Studios) v Farnell (1994) 125 ALR 241 …. 3.44
Barthorpe v Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance [1979] ICR 900 …. 2.70
Bartlett v ANZ [2016] NSWCA 30 …. 6.25
Barto v GPR Management Services Pty Ltd (1991) 105 ALR 339 …. 3.5
Bauman v Hulton Press [1952] 2 All ER 1121 …. 4.8
Bearing Point Australia v Hillard [2008] VSC 115 …. 6.28
Beck v Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education (1990) AILR 270 ….
2.78
Beeton & Co Ltd, Re [1913] 2 Ch 279 …. 2.71
Bell v Lever Bros Ltd [1932] AC 161 …. 5.13, 5.33, 5.36
Bendigo TAFE v Barclay [2012] HCA 32 …. 7.16
Bents Brewery v Hogan [1945] 2 All ER 570 …. 5.8
Bertram v NTP Forklifts [2013] FWC 6530 …. 6.13
BGC Partners v Hickey [2016] NSWSC 90 …. 6.8
Biotechnology Australia Pty Ltd v Pace (1988) 15 NSWLR 130 …. 3.22, 3.26
Birch v The University of Liverpool [1985] IRLR 165 …. 6.4
Birrell v Australian National Airlines Commission (1984) 9 IR 101 …. 6.13
Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd v Overliese [2010] FCA 13 …. 5.39
Blyth Chemicals Ltd v Bushnell (1933) 49 CLR 66 …. 5.15, 5.18, 5.21
Board of Bendigo Regional Institute v Barclay (2012) 248 CLR 500 …. 7.16
Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co v Ansell (1888) 39 Ch D 339 …. 5.17,
6.26
Bowker v DP World [2015] FWC 7312 …. 7.29
BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v President, Councillors and Ratepayers of
the Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266; 16 ALR 363 …. 1.18, 3.70,
6.10
Brackenridge v Toyota Motor Corp Australia Ltd (1996) 67 IR 162 …. 3.70
Bradley v Bradley [1978] AR (NSW) 94 …. 2.73, 3.20
Bradshaw v Commissioner for Public Employment (1991) 58 SAIR 336 ….
4.16
Briggs v AWH [2013] FWCFB 3316 …. 5.9, 5.10
British Celanese Ltd v Moncrieff [1948] 2 WLR 44 …. 5.28
British Syphon Co Ltd v Homewood [1956] 1 WLR 1190 …. 5.25, 5.29
Bros Bins Systems Pty Ltd v Industrial Relations Commission of New South
Wales [2009] NSWIRComm 154 …. 12.10
Brown v Public Service Board of NSW (1992) 34 AILR 62 …. 6.21
Buckley v Tutty (1971) 125 CLR 353 …. 3.51
Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia v Odco Pty Ltd (1991) 37 IR
380 …. 2.21, 2.54, 2.65, 2.66, 11.18, 11.28
Bunge (Australia) Pty Ltd v Mallard (1982) 41 ALR 223 …. 6.5
Burge v NSW BHP Steel (2001) 105 IR 325 …. 6.22
Byrne & Frew v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 185 CLR 410; 131 ALR 422
…. 1.18, 1.21, 3.68, 4.2, 4.15, 6.10, 7.4
C
Cactus Imaging v Peters (2006) 71 NSWLR 9 …. 3.53
Cam and Sons Pty Ltd v Sargent (1940) 14 ALJ 162 …. 2.75
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co [1893] 1 QB 256 …. 3.10
Castledine v Rothwell Engineering Ltd [1973] IRLR 99 …. 4.43
Century Insurance Co Ltd v Northern Ireland Road Transport Board [1942] 1
All ER 491 …. 2.56
Chakki v United Yeast Co Ltd [1982] 2 All ER 446 …. 6.40
Chappell v The Times Newspapers Ltd [1975] 2 All ER 233 …. 5.8
Chugg v Pacific Dunlop (1990) 170 CLR 249 …. 12.16
City Motors (1981) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Taxation (WA) (1993) 26
ATR 291 …. 2.32
Civil Aviation Authority v Jorm (1994) 56 IR 89 …. 4.14
Clark v Evans (1990) 32 AILR 352 …. 2.73
Clouston & Co Ltd v Corry [1904–1907] All ER Rep 685 …. 6.21
Coal & Allied Mining Services Pty Ltd v MacPherson [2010] FCAFC 83 ….
5.7
Collier v Sunday Referee Publishing Co Ltd [1940] 2 KB 647 …. 4.6, 4.9
Commercial Bank v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 …. 3.43
Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker (2014) 253 CLR 169; [2014] HCA
32 …. 4.4, 4.5, 5.16