BTX3991 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Independent Contractor, Qantas, Telstra

• School: Monash Caulfield
• Department: Business Law and Taxation
• Course: BTX3991
• Professor: All

Document Summary

The legislative response avoiding or disguising employment. So an employer can also escape liability if they can convince the court that they made an innocent mistake (e. g. cfmeu v nubrick (2009)) This means that they can be enforced under part 4-1 of the fw act. Facts: two housekeepers employed by quest for a number of years were dismissed and then asked to sign contractors with a labour hire provider, contracting solutions pty ltd. They were told they had to sign if they (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted to (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ue (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g for quest. As (cid:858)i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)tra(cid:272)tors(cid:859), the(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ued to perfor(cid:373) the sa(cid:373)e duties for quest that they had done as employees. Held: the high court determined that the housekeepers remained in reality employees of quest and, as a result, Quest contravened the sham contracting provision in s 357 of the fw act. The court found that quest has engaged i(cid:374) (cid:858)deli(cid:271)erate a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious a(cid:272)ts desig(cid:374)ed to (cid:272)ir(cid:272)u(cid:373)(cid:448)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374)dustrial relatio(cid:374)s legislatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d the prote(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s the(cid:455) provide.