Airstep Australia Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 6772

[2020] FWCA 6772

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Airstep Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2020/3499)

AIRSTEP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AND UNITED WORKERS UNION AND AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING WORKERS UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2020

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MANSINI	MELBOURNE, 15 DECEMBER 2020

Application for approval of the Airstep Australia Pty Ltd and United Workers’ Union and Australian Manufacturing Workers union Collective Agreement 2020.

[1] Airstep Australia Pty Ltd has applied for approval of a single enterprise agreement known as the Airstep Australia Pty Ltd and United Workers Union and Australian Manufacturing Workers union Collective Agreement 2020 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act).

[2] Noting clause 17 of the Agreement, I am satisfied that the more beneficial entitlements of the National Employment Standards in the Act (NES) will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

[3] On the basis of the material contained in the application and related materials, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] The United Workers’ Union and the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have respectively given notice under s.183 of the Act. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 15 December 2020 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 22 December 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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