DME Engineering Services (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 6055

[2021] FWCA 6055

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

DME Engineering Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2021/6897)

D.M.E. ENGINEERING SERVICES (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD - TUMUT PULP AND PAPER MILL MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT CROSS	SYDNEY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the D.M.E Engineering Services (Australia) Pty Ltd - Tumut Pulp and Paper Mill Maintenance Employees Enterprise Agreement 2021

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the D.M.E Engineering Services (Australia) Pty Ltd - Tumut Pulp and Paper Mill Maintenance Employees Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by DME Engineering Services (Australia) Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings are attached in Annexures A to D. 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of 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 “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.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from seven days from the date of approval. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 6 October 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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