Beenleigh Steel Fabrications Pty Ltd

[2018] FWCA 4887

[2018] FWCA 4887

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Beenleigh Steel Fabrications Pty Ltd
(AG2018/2315)

THE BEENLEIGH STEEL FABRICATIONS PTY LTD WORKSHOP AGREEMENT 2018

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER PLATT	ADELAIDE, 17 AUGUST 2018

Application for approval of the Beenleigh Steel Fabrications Workshop Agreement 2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Beenleigh Steel Fabrications Pty Ltd Workshop Agreement 2018 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Beenleigh Steel Fabrications Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] On 15 August 2018, I conducted a telephone conference with the parties to seek clarification about aspects of the Agreement.

[3] The employer subsequently provided a copy of the voting information distributed to employees, and an undertaking which adopted the model consultation term, substituted a reference to the National Employment Standards in lieu of the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard in Clause 12.1 and incorporated details of the applicable wage rates.

[4] The model consultation term will be adopted pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act to be a term of the agreement.

[5] No bargaining representatives were appointed. I have accepted the undertaking provided by the employer. As a result, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[6] 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.

[7] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 24 August 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 28 February 2021.

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