Carol Moreland v Optus Communications Pty Ltd [1995] IRCA 263
The employer’s failure to ascertain whether prior warning had been heeded before terminating employment amounted to procedural unfairness, but there was sufficient substantive reason for dismissal given repeated defaults. Reinstatement was impracticable, making compensation the appropriate remedy.
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- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 04 May 1995
- Procedural Posture
- Application for Review of Judicial Registrar's Decision / Judgment on Review Application
- Outcome
- Application for review dismissed; Judicial Registrar's decision affirmed.
- Legal Topics
- ['termination of Employment' 'procedural Fairness' 'substantive Fairness' 'remedies for Unfair Dismissal']
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Procedural Posture
Application for Review of Judicial Registrar's Decision / Judgment on Review Application
Legal Issues
- 1 ['Whether termination of employment was procedurally unfair' 'Whether termination was substantively unfair (harsh, unjust or unreasonable)' 'Whether reinstatement or compensation is the appropriate remedy']
Ratio Decidendi
The employer’s failure to ascertain whether prior warning had been heeded before terminating employment amounted to procedural unfairness, but there was sufficient substantive reason for dismissal given repeated defaults. Reinstatement was impracticable, making compensation the appropriate remedy.
Court Disposition
Application for review dismissed; Judicial Registrar's decision affirmed.
Orders
- ['The application for review be dismissed.']
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