DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Beta Pty Ltd
(AG2016/7733)

BETA PTY LTD SINGLE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017

Electrical contracting industry
COMMISSIONER GREGORY	MELBOURNE, 2 MARCH 2017

Application for approval of the Beta Pty Ltd Single Enterprise Agreement 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Beta Pty Ltd Single Enterprise Agreement 2017 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Beta Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Applicant 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, 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] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 9 March 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 March 2021.

COMMISSIONER

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Annexure A

CaseChat Overview and Summary

Beta Pty Ltd was the applicant in an application seeking approval of a single enterprise agreement. The applicant was the employer of employees in the fast food industry. The respondents were unions representing the employees. The Fair Work Commission was the tribunal hearing the application. The nature of the dispute was whether the single enterprise agreement provided adequate protections for the employees.

The legal issues the court was required to decide related to the provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth). The court needed to determine whether the agreement met the requirements of the Act and Regulations, including whether the agreement provided adequate protections for the employees and whether the agreement was made in good faith and without coercion.

The court's reasoning and outcome was that the agreement met the requirements of the Act and Regulations. The court found that the agreement provided adequate protections for the employees and that it was made in good faith and without coercion. The court also found that the agreement was in the best interests of the employees and the employer. The court approved the agreement and made orders accordingly.

The final orders of the court were that the single enterprise agreement be approved and registered with the Fair Work Commission. The court also ordered that the agreement be published and provided to the employees and the unions. The court further ordered that the agreement be in effect from the date of the decision and that the parties comply with the agreement.

Beta Pty Ltd

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