Australian Laboratory Services Pty Ltd T/A ALS

[2015] FWCA 1082

[2015] FWCA 1082

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Australian Laboratory Services Pty Ltd T/A ALS
(AG2014/10521)

AUSTRALIAN LABORATORY SERVICES PTY. LTD. ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015

Manufacturing and associated industries
SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT WATSON	MELBOURNE, 16 FEBRUARY 2015

Application for approval of the Australian Laboratory Services Pty. Ltd. Enterprise Agreement 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Australian Laboratory Services 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 Australian Laboratory Services Pty Ltd T/A ALS. The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186 and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] My satisfaction as to s.186 is subject to a written undertaking, provided in relation to concerns raised by me in respect of approval of the Agreement, which is attached to this Decision as Annexure A. In accordance with s.191(1)(b) of the Act the undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement. A copy of the undertaking is attached to the Agreement.

[4] The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2), I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 23 February 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 15 February 2018.

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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ANNEXURE A