FMP Group (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 8353

[2013] FWCA 8353

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

FMP Group (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2013/2935)

FMP GROUP (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED, ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER RYAN	MELBOURNE, 24 OCTOBER 2013

Application for approval of the FMP Group (Australia) Pty Limited, Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the FMP Group (Australia) Pty Limited, Enterprise Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and was made by FMP Group (Australia) Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] An undertaking has been given in relation to several clauses of the Agreement and this undertaking have become terms of the Agreement in accordance with s.191(1) of the Act and are appended at Appendix A.

[4] Although the number of undertakings offered by the employer is significant, I am satisfied that the effect of accepting the several undertakings is not likely to result in substantial changes to the agreement.

[5] The Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union (AMWU) and the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU), being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover their organisation. As required by s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers those organisations.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1), will operate from 31 October 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 March 2016.

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