Ertech EC Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 7343

[2014] FWCA 7343

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Ertech EC Pty Ltd
(AG2014/7637)

ERTECH EC ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Electrical contracting industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOOLEY	MELBOURNE, 16 OCTOBER 2014

Application for approval of the Ertech EC Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Ertech EC 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 Ertech EC Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] In my view, the Consultation provision in clause 9 of the Agreement is not a consultation term which meets the requirements of ss.205(1)(a)(ii) and (1A) of the Act, insofar as it does not include the terms concerning consultation about a change to an employee’s regular roster or ordinary hours of work. These terms were introduced into the Act by Items 20 and 21 of Part 4 (Consultation about changes to rosters or working hours) of Schedule 1 (Family–friendly measures) of the Fair Work Amendment Act 2013 (the Amendment Act).Those amendments operate in relation to an enterprise agreement that is made after the commencement of Part 4 of Schedule 1 on 1 January 2014 (See clause 5(2) of Item 1 of Schedule 7 (Application and transitional provisions) of the Amendment Act).

[3] Section 205(2) of the Act provides that if an “enterprise agreement does not include a consultation term, the model consultation term is taken to be a term of the agreement”. The model consultation term is found in Schedule 2.3 of the Fair Work Regulations 2009.

[4] As required by s.201(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, I note that the model consultation term is taken, under s.205(2), to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] 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.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 14 October 2014 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 21 October 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 20 October 2018.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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