Assa Abloy Australia Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 2290

[2019] FWCA 2290

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Assa Abloy Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2018/5511)

ASSA ABLOY AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED MANUFACTURING AGREEMENT 2018

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 4 APRIL 2019

Application for approval of the ASSA ABLOY Australia Pty Limited Manufacturing Agreement 2018.

[1] Assa Abloy Australia Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the ASSA ABLOY Australia Pty Limited Manufacturing Agreement 2018 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

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

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, 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 “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), the Australian Workers’ Union and the National Union of Workers, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have each given notice under s 183 of the Act that they seek to be covered by Agreement. In accordance with s 201(2) and based on the statutory declarations provided by these organisations, I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 4 April 2019 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 11 April 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2021.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A