Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited
[2019] FWCA 7056
•11 OCTOBER 2019
| [2019] FWCA 7056 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited
(AG2019/3323)
FORD AUSTRALIA ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019 (SKILLED TRADES)
Vehicle industry | |
COMMISSIONER GREGORY | MELBOURNE, 11 OCTOBER 2019 |
Application for approval of the Ford Australia Enterprise Agreement 2019 (Skilled Trades).
[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Ford Australia Enterprise Agreement 2019 (Skilled Trades) (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
[2] The Employer 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. 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 Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, and the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.
[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 18 October 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 July 2022.
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