Filippa Jensen v Coronation Club Ltd

[2022] FWC 1606

[2022] FWC 1606

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.394—Unfair dismissal

Filippa Jensen
v

Coronation Club Ltd

(U2022/5814)

COMMISSIONER BISSETT MELBOURNE, 23 JUNE 2022

Application for an unfair dismissal remedy – unpaid application – dismissal under s.587 at the Commission’s initiative

1. On 28 May 2022 Mrs Filippa Jensen made an application to the Fair Work Commission for a remedy for unfair dismissal pursuant to s.394 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act).

1. The application was incomplete in that Mrs Jensen did not pay the required fee or file a completed waiver form.

1. On 30 May 2022, the Commission attempted to contact Mrs Jensen on her nominated telephone number to discuss payment of the required fee however, Mrs Jensen did not answer the call. As the application indicated that Mrs Jensen wanted to apply for a fee waiver, a voicemail message was left requesting that Mrs Jensen provide a completed waiver to the Commission.

1. Later that day, the Commission emailed correspondence to Mrs Jensen’s nominated email address advising that her application required payment of the filing fee or a completed waiver form if she wished to proceed with the application. That correspondence also warned that if payment was not made or a waiver form was not received within 14 days, the application may be dismissed.

1. An attempt was made to contact Mrs Jensen’s authorised representative on 3 June 2022, after multiple copies of the amended application form were provided to the Commission, but not a fee waiver application. A voicemail message was left with the authorised representative requesting that the waiver form be provided by 11 June 2022.

1. A final attempt to contact Mrs Jensen and her authorised representative was made by the Commission on 14 June 2022 to obtain payment or a completed waiver form. Neither call was answered and a voicemail message was left advising both Mrs Jensen and her authorised representative that payment of the required fee or a completed waiver application was still outstanding.

1. To date there has been no response from Mrs Jensen, the required fee has not been paid and a completed waiver form has not been received.

1. Section 395 of the FW Act, which deals with application fees, provides as follows:

395 Application fees

(1) An application to the FWC under this Division must be accompanied by any fee prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The regulations may prescribe:

(a) a fee for making an application to the FWC under this Division; and

(b) a method for indexing the fee; and

(c) the circumstances in which all or part of the fee may be waived or refunded.

1. Section 587(1) of the FW Act provides:

   587 Dismissing applications

   (1) Without limiting when the FWC may dismiss an application, the FWC may dismiss an application if:

   (a) the application is not made in accordance with this Act; or
   (b) the application is frivolous or vexatious; or
   (c) the application has no reasonable prospect of success.

2. Having regard to the circumstances of this matter, I am satisfied that as the application was not accompanied by the fee prescribed by the FW Act, the application was not made in accordance with the FW Act. As such, the application is dismissed pursuant to s.587(1)(a) of the FW Act. An order[1] to this effect will be issued with this decision.

COMMISSIONER

[1] PR742979.

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