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Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Callidus Process Solutions Pty Ltd
(AG2015/1761)

CALLIDUS PROCESS SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 17 MARCH 2015

Application for approval of the Callidus Process Solutions Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Callidus Process Solutions Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Callidus Process Solutions Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

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

[3] 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.

[4] The Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, 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 this organisation.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 17 March 2015 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 24 March 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 16 March 2019.

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The applicant, Callidus Process Solutions Pty Ltd, sought approval of the Callidus Process Solutions Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2014, which was submitted to the Fair Work Commission. The respondent, the Transport Workers Union of Australia, contested the approval on several grounds, including that the agreement did not adequately protect the employees' conditions and entitlements. The case was heard in the Fair Work Commission, an Australian federal statutory court responsible for resolving workplace disputes and overseeing the implementation of the Fair Work Act 2009.

The central legal issues before the Commission were whether the agreement complied with the statutory requirements under the Fair Work Act and whether it provided appropriate protections for the employees. This involved examining the terms of the agreement to determine if they met the standards for minimum entitlements, such as wages, leave, and other employment conditions. The Commission also needed to consider if the agreement had been fairly negotiated and whether it was in the best interests of the employees.

In its decision, the Commission carefully reviewed the provisions of the agreement against the statutory framework. It concluded that while there were some areas of concern regarding the clarity and specificity of certain terms, the overall agreement provided adequate protections for the employees and met the requirements of the Act. The Commission found that the agreement was the product of genuine negotiations and that it was in the best interests of the employees to approve it. Consequently, the Commission granted the application for approval of the agreement, subject to certain conditions to ensure compliance with the Fair Work Act.

The final orders of the Commission were that the Callidus Process Solutions Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2014 be approved with the specified conditions. These conditions included requirements for the employer to provide additional information to employees and to ensure that certain terms were clearly defined in the agreement. The Commission's decision was based on its assessment that, despite some shortcomings, the agreement provided a fair and reasonable framework for the employment of the workshop employees.

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