GE Energy Services Australia Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 1968

[2013] FWCA 1968

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

GE Energy Services Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2013/166)

GE ENERGY SERVICES AUSTRALIA (OSBORNE PARK) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MCCARTHY	PERTH, 2 APRIL 2013

Application for approval of the GE Energy Services Australia (Osborne Park) Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the GE Energy Services Australia (Osborne Park) Enterprise Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] I had some concerns regarding clause 39.2 in the Agreement. An undertaking has been provided by the employer and a copy is attached to the Agreement. The bargaining representatives for the agreement have indicated their support for the undertaking.

[4] The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), 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) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, 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) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from seven days from the date of this decision. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2015.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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