Andrews & Wallis Motor Group Pty Ltd T/A City Mazda

[2016] FWCA 3332

[2016] FWCA 3332

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.225 - Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date

Andrews & Wallis Motor Group Pty Ltd T/A City Mazda
(AG2016/3275)

CITY MAZDA ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2010

Vehicle industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 26 MAY 2016

Application for termination of the City Mazda Enterprise Agreement 2010.

[1] Andrews & Wallis Motor Group Pty Ltd t/a City Mazda (City Mazda) has applied, pursuant to s.225 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) to terminate the City Mazda Enterprise Agreement 2010 (the Agreement). 1 The Agreement is expressed to cover City Mazda and its employees who are covered by the Vehicle Manufacturing, Repair, Services and Retail Award 2010 and all its employees who are employed as mechanics and/or cleaners and the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) specified in clause 3 of the Agreement. The Agreement has passed its nominal expiry date.

[2] Section 225 of the Act provides:

‘225 Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date

If an enterprise agreement has passed its nominal expiry date, any of the following may apply to the FWC for the termination of the agreement:

(a) one or more of the employers covered by the agreement;

(b) an employee covered by the agreement;

(c) an employee organisation covered by the agreement.’

[3] Section 226 of the Act provides:

‘226 When the FWC must terminate an enterprise agreement

If an application for the termination of an enterprise agreement is made under section 225, the FWC must terminate the agreement if:

(a) the FWC is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest to do so; and

(b) the FWC considers that it is appropriate to terminate the agreement taking into account all the circumstances including:

(i) the views of the employees, each employer, and each employee organisation (if any), covered by the agreement; and

(ii) the circumstances of those employees, employers and organisations including the likely effect that the termination will have on each of them.’

[4] The AMWU is an organisation which is covered by the Agreement. In correspondence to my Chambers of 26 May 2016, the AMWU advised that it did not oppose the termination of the Agreement.

[5] Based on the material contained in the employer’s declaration filed with the application, I am satisfied that termination of the Agreement is not contrary to the public interest. Taking into account all of the circumstances including those in s.226(b)(i) and (ii), I consider that it is appropriate to terminate the Agreement. There is nothing before me which raises public interest considerations which might militate against the termination of the Agreement and as stated in the employer’s declaration the Agreement does not cover nor apply to any employee of City Mazda. I am satisfied that it is appropriate to approve the termination of the Agreement, and I terminate the Agreement.

[6] The termination will operate from 26 May 2016.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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