Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd

Case

[2024] FWCA 2725

24 JULY 2024


[2024] FWCA 2725

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd

(AG2024/2405)

GEOFABRICS AUSTRALASIA PTY LTD - ALBURY MANUFACTURING UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT, 2024

Textile industry

DEPUTY PRESIDENT SAUNDERS

NEWCASTLE, 24 JULY 2024

Application for approval of the Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd - Albury Manufacturing Union Collective Agreement, 2024

  1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd - Albury Manufacturing Union Collective Agreement, 2024 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to section 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

  1. The Employer has provided written undertakings (Undertakings). A copy of the Undertakings is attached in Annexure A to this decision. I am satisfied that the effect of accepting the Undertakings is not likely to:

(a) cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement; or

(b) result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

  1. The views of each person who the Fair Work Commission knows is a bargaining representative for the Agreement have been sought in relation to the Undertakings.

  1. Pursuant to subsection 190(3) of the Act, I accept the Undertakings. The Undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

  1. Subject to the Undertakings, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of sections 186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

  1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with section 54 of the Act, will operate from 31 July 2024. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 March 2027.

  1. The Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice to the Fair Work Commission that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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