Fair Work Ombudsman v Centennial Financial Services Pty Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Date | 2011 |
| Court | Federal Magistrates Court (Australia) |
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7 firm's commentaries
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Adverse Action: recent cases raise issues for employers regarding the General Protection provisions of the Fair Work Act
...and Further Education [2011] FCAFC 14 3 [2011] FCA 968 4 [2011] FCA 333 5 Stephens and Australian postal Corporation [2011] FMCA 448 6 [2011] FMCA 459 7 Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences (Norman Cousins 1912-1990). *Barclay's case is the subject of a special leave applicat......
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Sham contracting - when can HR managers be personally liable?
...recent decision of Fair Work Ombudsman v Centennial Financial Services [2011] FMCA 459 has highlighted that human resource managers can be held responsible for sham contracting practices, even if they are following the instructions of senior Federal Magistrate Cameron imposed a fine of $375......
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Underpayments and sham contracting - Accessories under the Fair Work Act
...that external advisers - lawyers, accountants, IR specialists, could be prosecuted. In the case of FWO v Centennial Financial Services [2011] FMCA 459, an HR Manager was found liable for his company's sham contracting (by converting employees into contractors and then evading entitlements) ......
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HR manager accountable for breaches of employment laws
...Associates' roles were essentially unchanged. Penalty proceedings In Fair Work Ombudsman v Centennial Financial Services Pty Ltd [2011] FMCA 459, with Centennial having gone into liquidation, Federal Magistrate Cameron determined the appropriate penalties which should be imposed on Mr Merte......
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1 books & journal articles
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Making sense of the compensation remedy in cases of accessorial liability under the Fair Work Act.
...(Unreported, Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court, 21 May 2010). (60) [2009] FMCA 30 (29 January 2009). (61) Ibid [36] (Simpson FM). (62) [2011] FMCA 459 (21 June (63) Ibid [66] (Cameron FM). Other decisions where the court ordered that the penalty be paid directly to the employees include F......