Electricity Generation & Retail Corporation T/A Synergy

[2016] FWCA 1421

[2016] FWCA 1421

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Electricity Generation & Retail Corporation T/A Synergy
(AG2015/7178)

SYNERGY PERTH ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016

Electrical power industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 4 MARCH 2016

Application for approval of the Synergy Perth Enterprise Agreement 2016.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Synergy Perth Enterprise Agreement 2016 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Electricity Generation & Retail T/A Synergy. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Applicant 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 Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (ASU) 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) and based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 4 March 2016 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 11 March 2016. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement as set out in clause 4.2 of the Agreement is 11 March 2019.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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