INDUSTRIAL ACTION – order against industrial action – s.418 Fair Work Act 2009 – application by Viva Energy Refining (Viva) for order to stop industrial action by 83 employees – action in protest at proposal to deploy contractors to share the Emergency Response Operator roles – action in form of employees’ bulk resignation from Fire Auxiliary Team (Team) – Viva enterprise agreement requires employees to be members of Team – mass resignation not in compliance with enterprise agreement – Commission found unease among members of the Team about the contractor proposal did not pose an imminent safety risk – employees no longer holding themselves willing and ready to undertake duties of Team as per agreement – constitutes a ban or limitation on work – no doubt unprotected action was in place – order that unprotected action not occur made. Viva Energy Refining P/L v Jones and Ors

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