3M Australia Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 1458

[2021] FWCA 1458

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

3M Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2021/4125)

3M AUSTRALIA PTY LTD - DISTRIBUTION CENTRE & UNITED WORKERS UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2020

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DEPUTY PRESIDENT DEAN	SYDNEY, 18 MARCH 2021

Application for approval of the 3M Australia Pty Ltd - Distribution Centre & United Workers Union Collective Agreement 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the 3M Australia Pty Ltd - Distribution Centre & United Workers Union Collective Agreement 2020 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by 3M Australia Pty Ltd (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided a written undertaking. A copy of the undertaking is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertaking will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertaking is taken to be a term of the agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertaking referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] The United Workers’ Union, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 25 March 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A