Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board

[2013] FWCA 8657

[2013] FWCA 8657

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board
(AG2013/10983)

METROPOLITAN FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES BOARD, AMWU MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2012

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER WILSON	MELBOURNE, 1 NOVEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, AMWU Mechanical Engineering Workshops Enterprise Agreement 2012.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, AMWU Mechanical Engineering Workshops Enterprise Agreement 2012 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by the Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board. The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I have accepted the undertakings attached to this decision and marked Annexure A, which have been provided by the Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board. The undertakings are attached to the Agreement and will be taken to be a term of the Agreement pursuant to s.191 of the Act.

[3] 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.

[4] 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), I note that the Agreement covers the AMWU.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 8 November 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2015.

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Annexure A: