Austral Bricks (NSW) Pty Ltd T/A Austral Bricks NSW

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[2022] FWCA 3594

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14 OCTOBER 2022
[2022] FWCA 3594

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Austral Bricks (NSW) Pty Ltd T/A Austral Bricks NSW

(AG2022/4162)

Austral Bricks Punchbowl Enterprise Agreement 2022

Building, metal and civil construction industries

DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE

SYDNEY, 14 OCTOBER 2022

Application for approval of the Austral Bricks Punchbowl Enterprise Agreement 2022

  1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the Austral Bricks Punchbowl Enterprise Agreement 2022 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Austral Bricks (NSW) Pty Ltd (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

Undertakings

  1. The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 13 October 2022. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A to this decision and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2020), and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

Coverage of employee organisation

  1. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.

Conclusion

  1. Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

  1. I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

  1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 21 October 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 June 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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