Bridgestone Australia Limited

[2013] FWCA 4584

[2013] FWCA 4584

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Bridgestone Australia Limited
(AG2013/7111)

BRIDGESTONE AUSTRALIA LTD SMEATON GRANGE WAREHOUSE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Vehicle industry
SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT O'CALLAGHAN	ADELAIDE, 10 JULY 2013

Application for approval of the Bridgestone Australia Ltd Smeaton Grange Warehouse Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Bridgestone Australia Ltd Smeaton Grange Warehouse Enterprise Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Bridgestone Australia Limited. The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The employer has provided an undertaking in the following terms:

“.... Bridgestone Australia Ltd (“the Employer”) wish to confirm the applicable wage rates pertaining to the Bridgestone Australia Ltd Smeaton Grange Warehouse Enterprise Agreement 2013 will be in accordance with the Bridgestone Australia Ltd Smeaton Grange Warehouse Enterprise Agreement 2013 Wages Schedule. Employees were made aware of the applicable rates by receiving the wages schedule prior to voting.”

[3] As a result, the above undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement. A full copy of advice provided by the employer is attached to the Agreement as Attachment 1.

[4] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[5] The National Union of Workers, 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) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 18 July 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 28 February 2016.

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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