Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty Ltd

[2018] FWCA 5578

[2018] FWCA 5578

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty Ltd
(AG2018/1643)

BUREAU VERITAS MINERALS PTY LTD - QUEENSLAND COAL DIVISION: ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 5 SEPTEMBER 2018

Application for approval of the Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty Ltd - Queensland Coal Division: Enterprise Agreement 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Bureau Veritas Minerals Pty Ltd - Queensland Coal Division: 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 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, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, 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 “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) & The Australian Workers’ Union being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) and based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisations, I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 5 September 2018 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 12 September 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 July 2020.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A