Gunn & Taylor Printers Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 9884

[2013] FWCA 9884

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.210—Enterprise agreement

Gunn & Taylor Printers Pty Ltd
(AG2013/10358)

THE GUNN & TAYLOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2010

Graphic Arts
COMMISSIONER CRIBB	MELBOURNE, 17 DECEMBER 2013

Application for approval of a variation to The Gunn & Taylor Enterprise Agreement 2010.

[1] Gunn & Taylor Printers Pty Ltd (the Applicant) has made an application for approval of variation of an enterprise agreement. The application is made under section 210 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) supports the application.

[2] The agreement that is the subject of the application is The Gunn & Taylor Enterprise Agreement 2010 1.

[3] Having considered the documentation provided by the Applicant, I am satisfied that the requirements of section 211(1)(a) and (b) of the Act have been met. Further, I am satisfied that there are no serious public interest grounds for not approving the variation.

[4] The Agreement is varied as follows:

a) By changing the name of the Agreement in clauses 1 and 3.1 from The Gunn & Taylor Enterprise Agreement 2010 to The Gunn & Taylor Enterprise Agreement 2010 Varied in November 2013.

(b) By deleting the nominal expiry date of 31 October 2013 appearing in clause 5, and replacing it with 31 October 2014.

(c) By deleting clause 19 and inserting the following:

“19. INCREASE TO WAGES AND ALLOWANCE

An agreed wage freeze for the period of this agreement.”

[5] The consolidated version of the Agreement, as varied, is attached to this decision. In accordance with s.216 of the Act, the variation operates from 17 December 2013.

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