TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT – contract for specified term – s.394 Fair Work Act 2009 – application for unfair dismissal remedy – applicant employed under three successive fixed term contracts – employment ended when last contract expired – whether applicant dismissed – applicant presumed further contract would be offered – no further fixed term contract offered – jurisdictional objection raised – respondent claimed no dismissal as employment ended at completion of fixed term contract – issue whether employment was terminated on respondent’s initiative or as a result of contract ending – Navitas considered – Commission satisfied applicant did not enter contract with respondent as result of misrepresentative or misleading conduct – found employment ceased in accordance with agreed terms in contract – termination of employment not at the initiative of respondent – jurisdictional objection upheld – application dismissed.
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