Talbot Harrison v Eastcoast Development Engineering

[2014] FWC 2980

[2014] FWC 2980

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.394—Unfair dismissal

Talbot Harrison
v
Eastcoast Development Engineering; DECMIL Group
(U2014/6244)

DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOOLEY MELBOURNE, 7 MAY 2014

Application for relief from unfair dismissal.

[1] On 4 April 2014, Mr Talbot Harrison made an application for remedy for unfair dismissal under s.394 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] Mr Harrison did not pay the required fee.

[3] Mr Harrison listed two respondents in the application. No response was provided to question 3.2 and reference was made to attached documentation, however none were attached to the application.

[4] On 7 April 2014, Mr Harrison was advised by email correspondence that his application required payment of the filing fee or a completed waiver form if he wished to proceed with his application. He was also advised to attach the missing documentation and confirm which respondent he wished to proceed against and/or lodge another Form F2 application if he wished to proceed with both respondents.

[5] Section 395, which deals with application fees, provides:

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.

[6] On 22 April 2014, the Fair Work Commission (the Commission) attempted to contact Mr Harrison in relation to the correspondence dated on 7 April 2014. No response was received from Mr Harrison and payment of the required fee has not been made.

[7] Section 587(1) of the 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 prospects of success.

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

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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