[2022] FWC 3236
General information, not legal advice.
Fair Work Commission
2022-12-19
Original judgment source is linked above.
Mr R. Dalton KC with Mr A. Pollock of counsel, for the applicant
[21] [2015] FCAFC 16; (2015) 228 FCR 297 at [33], [83]
[22] ALDI Foods Pty Ltd v Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association [2017] HCA 53; (2017) 262 CLR 593; (2017) 270 IR 459 at [84] and [87]; One Key Workforce Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union [2018] FCAFC 77; (2018) 262 FCR 527 at [154]
[23] Aerocare Flight Support Pty Ltd v Transport Workers' Union of Australia [2018] FCAFC 74 at [19]
[26] Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union v John Holland Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 16; (2015) 228 FCR 297 at [34]- [41]
[28] Ibid at [60]-[62]; Cimeco Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union [2012] FWAFB 2206; (2012) 219 IR 139 at [8]
[29] Cimeco Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union [2012] FWAFB 2206; (2012) 219 IR 139 at [10]
[31] Ibid at [15] and [20]; The Australian Maritime Officers' Union v Harbour City Ferries Pty Ltd [2016] FWCFB 1151 at [31]
[32] Cimeco Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union [2012] FWAFB 2206; (2012) 219 IR 139 at [16]
[34] Ibid at [21] - [22]; Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union v Resco Training and Labour Pty Ltd [2012] FWAFB 8461; (2012) 228 IR 5 at [34]
[35] QGC Pty Ltd v Australian Workers' Union [2017] FWCFB 1165 at [44]
[36] Ibid; see also Aerocare Flight Support Pty Ltd t/a Aerocare Flight Support v Transport Workers' Union of Australia; Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union [2017] FWCFB 5826 at [27]
[37] United Firefighters' Union v Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board [2010] FWAFB 3009; (2010) 193 IR 293 at [60]; see also Aerocare Flight Support Pty Ltd t/a Aerocare Flight Support v Transport Workers' Union of Australia; Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union [2017] FWCFB 5826 at [27]
[38] QGC Pty Ltd v Australian Workers' Union [2017] FWCFB 1165 at [44]- [45]; see also Aerocare Flight Support Pty Ltd t/a Aerocare Flight Support v Transport Workers' Union of Australia; Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union [2017] FWCFB 5826 at [27]
[39] Australian Workers' Union v BP Refinery (Kwinana) Pty Ltd [2014] FWCFB 1476; 242 IR 238 at [15]; see also National Union of Workers v Cotton On Group Services Pty Ltd [2014] FWC 6601 at [15]- [16] (permission to appeal refused in [2014] FWCFB 8899) and ASU v Shine Lawyers Pty Ltd [2017] FWC 4158 at [68]- [71] as examples of where the employer's organisational structure was used to determine organisational distinctiveness; see also Aerocare Flight Support Pty Ltd t/a Aerocare Flight Support v Transport Workers' Union of Australia; Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union [2017] FWCFB 5826 at [27]
[40] See also QGC Pty Ltd v Australian Workers' Union [2017] FWCFB 1165 at [42]; See also Aerocare Flight Support Pty Ltd t/a Aerocare Flight Support v Transport Workers' Union of Australia [2018] FCAFC 74 at [12] in which the Full Court describes the guidance summarised at [42] above as persuasive
[41] Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union v John Holland Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 16; (2015) 228 FCR 297 at [33], [83]
[43] Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union v John Holland Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 16; (2015) 228 FCR 297 at [32]
[45] FAAA outline of submissions at [26]
[47] See for example, Aerocare Flight Support Pty Ltd v Transport Workers' Union of Australia [2018] FCAFC 74 at [19]
[50] ALDI Foods Pty Ltd v Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association [2017] HCA 53; (2017) 262 CLR 593; (2017) 270 IR 459
[51] One Key Workforce Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2018] FCAFC 77; (2018) 262 FCR 527 at [142]
[52] See KCL Industries Pty Ltd [2016] FWCFB 3048 at [29]- [36]; One Key Workforce Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2018] FCAFC 77; (2018) 262 FCR 527 at [163]- [165]; Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Australian Industrial Relations Commission and Ors [1999] FCA 847; (1999) 93 FCR 317 at [126]
[53] See KCL Industries Pty Ltd [2016] FWCFB 3048; One Key Workforce Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2018] FCAFC 77; (2018) 262 FCR 527; Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Australian Industrial Relations Commission and Ors [1999] FCA 847; (1999) 93 FCR 317];
[54] See for example Exhibit 4, annexure MA-1
[58] FAAA Outline of Submissions at [29] last sentence, [32] second sentence
[68] Exhibit 1, annexure GU-22, GU-22-2
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(2015) 228 FCR 297
(2017) 262 CLR 593
(2017) 270 IR 459
(2018) 262 FCR 527
(2012) 219 IR 139
(2012) 228 IR 5
(2010) 193 IR 293
(1999) 93 FCR 317