DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

AMREP AS Pty Ltd
(AG2015/3554)

AMREP AS PTY LTD ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015

Health and welfare services
COMMISSIONER CRIBB	MELBOURNE, 3 JULY 2015

Application for approval of the AMREP AS Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the AMREP AS Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2015 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by AMREP AS Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] 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.

[3] The Agreement was approved in Chambers on 3 July 2015 and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 10 July 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2018.

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AMREP AS Pty Ltd applied for approval of the AMREP AS Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2015. The applicant argued that the agreement provided for the payment of a wage rate and conditions that were no less favourable than those provided for by the relevant State award. The respondent, Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, argued that the agreement did not provide for the payment of a wage rate and conditions that were no less favourable than those provided for by the relevant State award.

The court considered whether the application met the requirements of section 232 of the Fair Work Act 2009. The court considered whether the agreement provided for a wage rate and conditions that were no less favourable than those provided for by the relevant State award. The court found that the agreement did provide for a wage rate and conditions that were no less favourable than those provided for by the relevant State award.

The court approved the AMREP AS Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2015, noting that the agreement met the requirements of section 232 of the Fair Work Act 2009. The court found that the agreement provided for a wage rate and conditions that were no less favourable than those provided for by the relevant State award. The court further found that the agreement was in the best interests of the employees and the employer.

AMREP AS Pty Ltd

DECISION

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