Forte Signs (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 7448

[2019] FWCA 7448

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Forte Signs (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2019/3622)

FORTE SIGNS PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 29 OCTOBER 2019

Application for approval of the Forte Signs Production Enterprise Agreement 2019.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Forte Signs Production Enterprise Agreement 2019 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Forte Signs (Australia) Pty Ltd. 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, 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 signed copy of the Agreement lodged in the Commission with the application contained a referencing error on page 26. On 18 October 2019 the Applicant filed an amended copy of page 26. I am satisfied that the correction should be made and that it is appropriate to do so pursuant to s.586 of the Act.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 29 October 2019 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 5 November 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 28 October 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A