Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Ltd

[2018] FWCA 762

[2018] FWCA 762

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2017/5052)

IPLEX PIPELINES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016 - CHIPPING NORTON DISTRIBUTION

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COMMISSIONER JOHNS	SYDNEY, 6 FEBRUARY 2018

Application for approval of the Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2016 - Chipping Norton Distribution.

[1] On 25 October 2017 Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Ltd (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2016 - Chipping Norton Distribution (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached as Annexure A. The Commission is 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. In any case, the National Union of Workers has indicated its acceptance of the undertakings.

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

[5] The National Union of Workers, 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), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 13 February 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 29 November 2019.

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