The Case FWO v Crystal Carwash Café Pty Ltd (2014) Crystal Carwash Café Pty Ltd (Crystal) operated 10 car washes throughout Sydney. Through a complex sham contracting arrangement involving 24 companies, it engaged approximately 360 car wash workers, who were young, unskilled and/or recent migrants with limited English. The

The Case Tattsbet Limited v Morrow (2015) In 2004, Tattsbet engaged Ms Morrow as an independent contractor. She worked as the operator for its Moorooka agency. In December 2005, she became the operator at Tattsbet’s Logan Central agency (the Agency). She had been engaged under consecutive independent contractor agreements,

The Case Burdziejko v ERGT Australia Pty Ltd (2015) On 10 June 2014, Hays, a labour hire company, engaged Ms Burdziejko to undertake work for ERGT Australia Pty Ltd. On 3 September 2014, ERGT offered to directly employ Ms Burdziejko to undertake the same work. ERGT terminated Ms Burdziejko’s

The Case James Willis v Marie Gibson; Capital Radiology Pty Ltd; Peita Carroll (2015) James Willis, a radiographer on probation with Capital Radiology Pty Ltd (Capital), sought that the FWC impose an anti-bullying order against Capital and two managers who had allegedly berated and bullied Mr Willis in response to

The Case Leeder v John Holland Group Pty Ltd (2015) John Holland dismissed its health and safety adviser for allegedly misrepresenting a safety incident. It was alleged that the adviser had deliberately downgraded the severity of a safety incident he had reported on, in which a 2 kilogram section of

The Case Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) v Queensland Rail Ltd (2015) The Queensland Rail Transit Authority (QRTA) was established under the Queensland Rail Transit Authority Act 2013 (QRTA Act). QRTA’s primary purpose is to supply labour to a related

The Case Mac v Bank of Queensland (2015) An in-house lawyer applied to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) seeking bullying orders against five of her colleagues and her employer, the Bank of Queensland. The claim arose as a result of the employee being put on a performance improvement plan, with

The Case FWO v Crocmedia Pty Ltd (2015) Crocmedia engaged two university students on unpaid work experience for 3 weeks. Following this period, they continued their engagements as volunteers. The students were involved in producing various radio programs and worked primarily between midnight and 6am. Crocmedia described the students as

The Case Mitchell-Innes v Willis Australia Group Services Pty Ltd (No 3) (2015) During a company training conference, employees of Willis Australia Group Services Pty Ltd (Willis), including the General Manager for NSW, Mr Mitchell-Innes, headed out for drinks after dinner. The drinks lasted into the early hours of the