Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 862

[2019] FWCA 862

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty Ltd
(AG2018/7240)

BUREAU VERITAS MINERALS PTY LTD ADELAIDE LABORATORIES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2018

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 12 FEBRUARY 2019

Application for approval of the Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty Ltd Adelaide Laboratories Enterprise Agreement 2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty Ltd Adelaide Laboratories Enterprise 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 Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer 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] The Agreement lodged contained an error at Schedule A. On 8 February 2019, the Applicant filed an amended version of Schedule A pursuant to s.586 of the Act. I am satisfied that the correction should be made and that it is appropriate to do so pursuant to s.586 of the Act.

[5] 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.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 19 February 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2020.

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Annexure A