The High Court of Australia this week overturned a decision by the Federal Court, declaring a Glencore contractor was not a permanent employee of WorkPac and therefore was not owed back-paid leave entitlements.
The landmark WorkPac v Rossato case was contrary to the similar WorkPac v Skene matter in 2016, where Skene received entitlements and inspired Rossato to file his own case in the Federal Court in 2018.
AREEA chief executive Steve Knott said this case would not have come about if the Federal Court had made the right call on the Skene case in 2016.
“The damage these decisions have had on business confidence in just about every sector of the economy has been enormous,” Knott said.
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