Lower Court Judgment
17/03/2015 Federal Court of Australia (North J, Barker J, Bromberg J)
Catchwords
Employment law – Employment relationship – Nature of – Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s 357 - Where first respondent operated a business providing serviced apartments – Where first respondent employed two housekeepers purportedly through a contract hire company – Whether relationship was an employment relationship – Whether an employer can avoid the sham contracting provision of the Fair Work Act by interposing a third party into its contractual arrangements between employer and the other person.
14/08/2015 Hearing (SLA, Perth)
27/08/2015 Notice of appeal
03/09/2015 Submitting appearance (Third Respondent)
18/09/2015 Written submissions (Appellant)
18/09/2015 Chronology (Appellant)
09/10/2015 Written submissions (Second Respondent)
23/10/2015 Reply
04/11/2015 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
02/12/2015 Judgment (Judgment summary)