United Firefighters' Union of Australia v Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board [1998] FCA 1298

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA INDUSTRIAL LAW – Award – claim for penalty for withholding payment of wages from firefighters in respect of periods of industrial action – interpretation of award – effect of "no work as directed – no pay" directive – whether employer accepted part performance of employee's full range of duties. Industrial Relations Act 1988, ss 170PG, 170PH, 170PM, 178, 334A(2) Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act 1958 (Vic), ss 33A(1), 78A, 78B Metropolitan Fire Brigades Regulations 1994, reg 42 Victorian Firefighters Industry Employees Interim Award 1993 Gapes v Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd (1981) 41 FLR 27 Lennie v Hawkes (Marshall J, Industrial Relations Court of Australia, unreported, 4 October 1996) Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 185 CLR 410 Amalgamated Collieries of WA Ltd v True (1938) 59 CLR 417 Australian Bank Employees Union v National Australia Bank Ltd (1989) 31 IR 436 Spotless Catering Services Ltd v Federated Liquor & Allied Industries Employees Union of Australia, NSW Branch (1988) 25 IR 255 F J Walker Ltd v Casey (1989) 29 IR 303 Electricity Commission of NSW v The Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen Association of Australasia (NSW) [1975] AR 504 Csomore v Public Service Board of New South Wales (1987) 10 NSWLR 587 New South Wales Teachers' Federation v Department of Education [1980] IAS(CR) 767 Independent Education Union v Canonical Administrators (Ryan J, unreported, 9 September 1998) UNITED FIREFIGHTERS' UNION OF AUSTRALIA v METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADES BOARD VI 1164 of 1996 UNITED FIREFIGHTERS' UNION OF AUSTRALIA v METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADES BOARD VI 1165 of 1996 RYAN J 14 OCTOBER 1998 MELBOURNE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY

vi 1164 of 1996

BETWEEN: UNITED FIREFIGHTERS' UNION OF AUSTRALIA

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