NSW: IRC can't hear Tristar entitlements dispute

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2007
NSW: IRC can't hear Tristar entitlements dispute

Labor says a Federal Court decision against workers at a Sydney car parts manufacturer
is disappointing .. but not unexpected.

Opposition industrial relations spokeswoman JUILA GILLARD says under the government's
new IR laws .. workers have nowhere to go when they are being treated unfairly.

The Federal Court's ruled yesterday New South Wales's industrial watchdog has no power
to hear the case involving employees of Tristar.

They say the company's trying to dodge redundancy payouts to 26 of its workers .. at
its factory in Marrickville .. in Sydney's inner-west.

Employees claim there's no work to do .. but the company is paying them to turn up
until the expiry of a redundancy agreement early next year .. which promises four weeks'
pay for each year of service.

The workers .. many of whom are aged in their 50s and 60s .. each have an average of
30 years' service with the company.

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KEYWORD: TRISTAR (SYDNEY)

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