Knauf Plasterboard Pty Ltd

[2015] FWCA 2499

[2015] FWCA 2499

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Knauf Plasterboard Pty Ltd
(AG2015/697)

KNAUF PLASTERBOARD (ALTONA) AGREEMENT 2014

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER RYAN	MELBOURNE, 10 APRIL 2015

Application for approval of the Knauf Plasterboard (Altona) Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Knauf Plasterboard (Altona) Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and was made by Knauf Plasterboard Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] Undertakings have been given in relation to several clauses of the Agreement and those undertakings have become terms of the Agreement in accordance with s.191(1) of the Act and are appended at Appendix A.

[3] Pursuant to s.190(4) of the Act, I have sought the views of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) with respect to these undertakings and the CFMEU has supported the undertakings as evidenced by its co-signing of the undertakings.

[4] Subject to those undertakings, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[5] The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. As required by s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the CFMEU.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1), will operate from 17 April 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 14 November 2018.

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