Mercury Walch Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 9346

[2013] FWCA 9346

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Mercury Walch Pty Ltd
(AG2013/10766)

MERCURY WALCH PTY LTD - STAFF ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Tasmania
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 27 NOVEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Mercury Walch Pty Ltd - Staff Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a single-enterprise agreement known as the Mercury Walch Pty Ltd - Staff Enterprise Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made by Mercury Walch Pty Ltd (the Applicant) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] The Applicant has provided a written undertaking. A copy of the undertaking given is attached to this decision at Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertaking will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3] The undertaking now forms part of the Agreement and a copy will be kept on the file. A copy of the undertaking 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 undertaking 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 “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), 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 these organisations.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 4 December 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 3 December 2015.

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