Australian and International Pilots Association v Qantas Airways Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 2014-0206 FCA B |
| Date | 2014 |
| Court | Federal Court |
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Can you require an employee to provide medical evidence or attend a psychiatric examination?
...Limited [2008] FCA 994 and a recent decision of the Federal Court in Australian & International Pilots Association v Qantas Airways [2014] FCA 32. Thompson v IGT The applicant had been employed by the respondent IGT as a graphic artist and animator. The applicant had experienced signifi......
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Good news for employers dealing with sick and injured employees
...posed a risk to both Mr Born and third parties. In the third case, Australian and International Pilots Association v Qantas Airways Ltd [2014] FCA 32, the direction by Qantas to its employee (Mr Gregory Kiernan) that he provide detailed medical evidence of his condition was held not to amou......
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Can an employer request more evidence of sickness than a simple medical certificate?
...reasonably. This was confirmed by the Federal Court recently in Australian and International Pilots Association v Qantas Airways Ltd [2014] FCA 32. In this decision, Justice Rares took a robust view on the employer's right to seek medical information from an employee absent from work on sic......
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Work health and safety can trump injured workers' right to return to work
...applicable contract or enterprise agreement. For instance, in Australian and International Pilots' Association v Qantas Airways Limited [2014] FCA 32 Justice Rares ruled that Qantas had an implied right to request a medical report, a right which arose having regard to its work, health and s......
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