Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (Queensland Branch) Union of Employees v Woolworths Limited [2013] FWC 1335

Fair Work Commission|2013-03-19|Before: Commissioner Bissett

(#P43_2586) SDA letter of 11 September 2012.

(#P105_5860) Woolworths submission dated 5 November 2012, paragraphs 4 and 5.

(#P106_6074) Transcript PN11-13.

(#P179_13603) Exhibit SDA1, attachment CRK1.

(#P182_14250) Amcor Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, [2005] HCA 10; (2005) 222 CLR 241. .

(#P183_14398) Transcript PN655-60.

(#P187_15585) Amcor Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, [2005] HCA 10; (2005) 222 CLR 241, 271.

(#P206_16860) Exhibit SDA1, attachment CRK8. See clause 7.2.5 of 2008 Agreement.

(#P209_17351) A separate clause, not subject to the dispute before the Commission, deals with part time employees.

(#P213_18174) [2011] FCAFC 67.

(#P216_18597) [2006] FCAFC 144; (2006) 156 FCR 1, 50, [251] per Lander J.

(#P223_20154) Transcript PN690-1.

(#P236_22969) [2002] AIRC 638; (2002) 117 IR 136, 145 [47].

(#P239_23167) Exhibit SDA 1, attachment CRK 7, clause 7.2.8.

(#P242_24024) The 2008 Agreement was voted down in the first ballot.

(#P245_24302) Exhibit SDA1, attachment CRK10, item 17.

(#P248_25211) Exhibit W3 attachment CM-A.

(#P249_25665) The 2008 Agreement was put out to an unsuccessful vote. One of the changes between the first and second 2008 Agreement which was approved is the words in dispute.

(#P254_26784) Transcript PN874. See also the evidence of Mr Ketter at PN232 and Mr McGrath at PN340-1.

(#P259_28056) [2000] FCA 206.

(#P268_29026) [2011] FCAFC 67.

(#P295_33168) [2011] FCAFC 67, [14]-[18].

(#P299_33490) [2005] HCA 10; (2005) 222 CLR 241, 246.

(#P300_33780) Kucks v CSR Limited (1996) 96 IR 182.

(#P303_34018) Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52 [40] in Transcript PN823.

(#P342_40288) The number of public holidays to which an employee could gain benefit could increase if Woolworths acceded to the SDA claim for all employees to gain the benefit of 11 public holidays. There was no indication that this was a consideration.

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