INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Appeal

8 cases · March 2025 to November 2025

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Industrial Court — Dismissal — Negligent discharge of duties — Failure to comply with Standard Operating Procedures — Whether negligent conduct proven — Finding of facts 1 Industrial Court — Forced resignation or voluntary resignation — Principle of forced resignation — Whether cause existing at time of tendering letter of resignation — Principles of appellate intervention — Analysis of evidence by the Industrial Court — Whether appellate intervention justified 1 Industrial Court — Domestic inquiry — Appeal Committee — Demotion — Constructive dismissal — Reason for constructive dismissal at the time of walking out of the employment — Whether other reasons can be considered — Whether pre-requisites of constructive dismissal proven — Breach of natural justice at domestic inquiry and appeal committee hearing — Whether a fundamental breach of the contract 1 Industrial Court — Forced resignation or voluntary resignation — Principle of forced resignation — Intention to resign — Request to resign — Whether there was a negotiation of terms to resign — Whether cause existing at the time of tendering the letter of resignation — Poor performance — Sabotage 1 Industrial Court — Probationer — Unsatisfactory performance — Termination — m Whether termination with or without just cause and excuse Findings of fact — Plainly wrong test — Appellate interference 1 Industrial Court — Dismissal — Negligent discharge of duties — Failure to comply with Standard Operating Procedures — Whether negligent conduct proven — Whether evidence at domestic inquiry relevant — Mala fide and victimisation 1 Industrial Court — Misconduct — Theft — Whether theft proven — Findings of fact — Plainly wrong test — Appellate interference — Principles. 1 Dismissal — Industrial Court — Whether claimant 'workman' within meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 1967. Test — Control Test — Integrated test — Whether test proven 1

Industrial Court — Dismissal — Negligent discharge of duties — Failure to comply with Standard Operating Procedures — Whether negligent conduct proven — Finding of facts 1 case

Industrial Court — Forced resignation or voluntary resignation — Principle of forced resignation — Whether cause existing at time of tendering letter of resignation — Principles of appellate intervention — Analysis of evidence by the Industrial Court — Whether appellate intervention justified 1 case

Industrial Court — Domestic inquiry — Appeal Committee — Demotion — Constructive dismissal — Reason for constructive dismissal at the time of walking out of the employment — Whether other reasons can be considered — Whether pre-requisites of constructive dismissal proven — Breach of natural justice at domestic inquiry and appeal committee hearing — Whether a fundamental breach of the contract 1 case

Industrial Court — Forced resignation or voluntary resignation — Principle of forced resignation — Intention to resign — Request to resign — Whether there was a negotiation of terms to resign — Whether cause existing at the time of tendering the letter of resignation — Poor performance — Sabotage 1 case

Industrial Court — Probationer — Unsatisfactory performance — Termination — m Whether termination with or without just cause and excuse Findings of fact — Plainly wrong test — Appellate interference 1 case

Industrial Court — Dismissal — Negligent discharge of duties — Failure to comply with Standard Operating Procedures — Whether negligent conduct proven — Whether evidence at domestic inquiry relevant — Mala fide and victimisation 1 case

Industrial Court — Misconduct — Theft — Whether theft proven — Findings of fact — Plainly wrong test — Appellate interference — Principles. 1 case

Dismissal — Industrial Court — Whether claimant 'workman' within meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 1967. Test — Control Test — Integrated test — Whether test proven 1 case

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