MHE-Demag Australia Pty Ltd T/A MHE-Demag Australia

[2017] FWCA 4568

[2017] FWCA 4568

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

MHE-Demag Australia Pty Ltd T/A MHE-Demag Australia
(AG2017/2552)

MHE-DEMAG AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. N.S.W ENTERPRISE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 2017

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	CANBERRA, 1 SEPTEMBER 2017

Application for approval of the MHE-Demag Australia Pty. Ltd. N.S.W. Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2017.

[1] On 29 June 2017 MHE-Demag Australia Pty Ltd T/A MHE-Demag Australia (Applicant) made an application for approval of the MHE-Demag Australia Pty. Ltd. N.S.W. Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2017 (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, undertakings were provided to the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union and the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia for their reference.

[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 “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union and the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s 183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s 201(2), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[6] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 8 September 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 March 2018.

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ANNEXURE A