Devonshire v Magellan Powertronics Pty Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Year | 2013 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Court | Federal Magistrates Court (Australia) |
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3 firm's commentaries
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Informal complaint to employer found to be a 'workplace right'
...inquiries in relation to her employment and was therefore protected against adverse action (Devonshire v Magellan Powertronics Pty Ltd [2013] FMCA 207). Federal Magistrate Lucev, as he then was, took a broad view of the circumstances in which an employee exercises a workplace right by makin......
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Hot Off The Bench - Decisions Of Interest From The Australian Courts
...rather it clarifies that the employee has jurisdiction to make her claim if it proceeds. Devonshire v Magellan Powertronics Pty Ltd (2013) FMCA 207 In a separate decision, the same court has rejected an employee's adverse action claim, finding that the employee's complaints about management......
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New decisions shed light on Fair Work protections for grumbling employees
...to their employment (s 341(1)(c)(ii)). A recent Federal Magistrates Court decision (Devonshire v Magellan Powertronics Pty Ltd & Ors [2013] FMCA 207) has taken a broad view of the circumstances in which an employee exercises a workplace right by making a complaint or inquiry in relation......