Apex Building Products Pty Ltd and Apex Steel Pty Ltd

[2015] FWCA 1944

[2015] FWCA 1944

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Apex Building Products Pty Ltd and Apex Steel Pty Ltd
(AG2015/1824)

APEX GROUP ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER RYAN	MELBOURNE, 20 MARCH 2015

Application for approval of the Apex Group Enterprise Agreement 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Apex Group Enterprise Agreement 2015 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and was made by Apex Building Products Pty Ltd and Apex Steel Pty Ltd (as a single-interest employer). The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] An undertaking has been given in relation to clause 26 of the Agreement and that undertaking has become a term of the Agreement in accordance with s.191(1) of the Act and is appended at Appendix A.

[3] Pursuant to s.190(4) of the Act, I have sought the views of the National Union of Workers (NUW) and Transport Workers’ Union of Australia (TWU) with respect to the undertaking.

[4] Each of the NUW and TWU, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. As required by s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the NUW and TWU.

[5] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1), will operate from 27 March 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 January 2019.

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