Employment & Industrial Relations
About this NPA
The Employment and Industrial Relations National Practice Area (NPA) comprises of civil and criminal matters arising under the Fair Work jurisdiction and related legislation including:
- workplace-related applications
- writs of mandamus or prohibition
- injunctions
- declarations
- prosecutions
- matters transferred or appealed from the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, other Courts or the Fair Work Commission.
Latest Judgments
- 10 Oct 2025:
Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union v Zinfra Contracting Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 1234
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – strike out application – whether pleadings contained necessary material facts – where pleadings alleged global contraventions of enterprise agreement and s 50 of Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) in relation to group of unnamed employees – where pleadings did not specify details of individual contraventions against each employee –…
Judge: BROMWICH J - 6 Oct 2025:
Kent Projects Pty Ltd v Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia [2025] FCA 1221
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to appeal from an interlocutory judgment of the court – where applicants for leave to appeal had sought to strike out part of the first respondent’s pleading on the basis that it did not disclose a reasonable cause of action – where the aspect of the pleading the subject of that challenge alleged a…
Judge: SNADEN J - 25 Sep 2025:
Greer v Bandjalang Aboriginal Corporation Prescribed Body Corporate RNTBC [2025] FCA 1217
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to seek leave of Court to cease to act – dispensing with procedural requirements of r 4.05 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) under r 1.34 – application for adjournment to seek legal representation – r 4.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – adjournment granted
Judge: DOWLING J
Practice Notes
- Central Practice Note (CPN-1)
- Employment and Industrial Relations Practice Note (E&IR-1)
Form & Rules
The key forms and rules for commencing proceedings are:
- Commencing an originating application alleging dismissal in contravention of a general protection proceeding:
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- Commencing application for a writ of mandamus, prohibition or injunction under section 39B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) must file:
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Legislation
- Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth)
- Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
- Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth)
- Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth)
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