Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology v National Tertiary Education Industry Union [2011] FCA 34

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology v National Tertiary Education Industry Union [2011] FCA 34 Citation: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology v National Tertiary Education Industry Union [2011] FCA 34

Appeal from: Magistrates' Court Of Victoria (Industrial Division) (oral decision)

Parties: ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY v NATIONAL TERTIARY EDUCATION INDUSTRY UNION

File number: VID 130 of 2010

Judge: LANDER J

Date of judgment: 2 February 2011

Catchwords: INDUSTRIAL LAW – breach of contract – interpretation of industrial agreement – whether employee entitled to on-call allowance – whether on-call requirement was initiated – whether "roster" infers a system or list

Cases cited: Amcor v CFMEU (2005) 222 CLR 241 applied BP Refinery (Western Port) Pty Ltd v Hastings Shire Council (1977) 180 CLR 266 cited Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees Union of Australia v Shire of Albany (1990) 32 IR 470 applied Kucks v CSR Limited (1996) 66 IR 182 applied

Date of hearing: 3 August 2010

Place: Adelaide (heard in Melbourne)

Division: FAIR WORK DIVISION

Category: Catchwords

Number of paragraphs: 134

Counsel for the Appellant: Mr A McNab

Solicitor for the Appellant: Williams Winter

Counsel for the Respondent: Ms J Bornstein

Solicitor for the Respondent: Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY FAIR WORK DIVISION VID 130 of 2010

ON APPEAL FROM THE MAGISTRATES' COURT OF VICTORIA (INDUSTRIAL DIVISION) BETWEEN: ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY