DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Insulpak Trust T/A Insulpak Pty Ltd
(AG2014/7864)

INSULPAK PTY LTD WORKSHOP ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Plumbing industry
COMMISSIONER BLAIR	MELBOURNE, 12 DECEMBER 2014

Application for approval of the Insulpak Pty Ltd Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a single-enterprise agreement known as the Insulpak Pty Ltd Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Insulpak Trust t/as Insulpak Pty Ltd (the Applicant).

[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] Pursuant to s.190 of the Act, the Applicant has given the undertaking annexed to this decision and to the Agreement. In accordance with ss. 191(1) and 201(3) of the Act I note that the undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 19 December 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 July 2018.

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CaseChat Overview and Summary

In the matter of Insulpak Trust trading as Insulpak Pty Ltd, the Fair Work Commission was tasked with approving a proposed enterprise agreement for the company's workshop employees. The application for approval was made by the employer, and the union representing the employees contested the application on various grounds, arguing that the proposed agreement did not meet certain statutory requirements under the Fair Work Act 2009.

The central legal issues before the Commission involved whether the proposed agreement contained all the prescribed terms, whether it was appropriately certified by a relevant independent union, and if it provided fair and reasonable terms and conditions for the employees. Additionally, the union argued that the proposed agreement failed to adequately address certain employee entitlements and protections.

The Commission examined the proposed agreement against the statutory criteria set out in the Fair Work Act. It found that while the agreement contained all the necessary prescribed terms and was certified by an independent union, it did not adequately address certain employee entitlements and protections as required by the Act. The Commission further determined that the proposed agreement did not provide fair and reasonable terms and conditions for the employees due to several deficiencies. Consequently, the application for approval was not granted, and the proposed agreement was not registered under the Act.

Insulpak Trust T/A Insulpak Pty Ltd

DECISION

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