Hazell Bros Group Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 9801

[2013] FWCA 9801

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Hazell Bros Group Pty Ltd
(AG2013/10196)

HAZELL BROS GROUP PTY LTD AND AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION QUARRYING EMPLOYEES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013 - 2016

Tasmania
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 12 DECEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Hazell Bros Group Pty Ltd and Australian Workers Union Quarrying Employees Enterprise Agreement 2013 - 2016.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a single-enterprise agreement known as the Hazell Bros Group Pty Ltd and Australian Workers Union Quarrying Employees Enterprise Agreement 2013 - 2016 (the Agreement). The application was made by Hazell Bros Group Pty Ltd (the Applicant) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings given is attached to this decision at 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.

[3] The undertakings now form part of the Agreement and a copy will be kept on the file. A copy of the undertakings should be circulated to all employees and attached to all copies of the Agreement subsequently produced or used by the parties.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[5] The Australian Workers’ Union, 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 19 December 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 September 2016.

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