Mitchell Water Australia Pty Ltd

[2015] FWCA 6744

[2015] FWCA 6744

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Mitchell Water Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2015/4687)

MWA WATER INDUSTRY ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015

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DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 1 OCTOBER 2015

Application for approval of the MWA Water Industry Enterprise Agreement 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the MWA Water Industry Enterprise Agreement 2015 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Mitchell Water Australia Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. I am 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.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] The application was not lodged within 14 days after the agreement was made. Pursuant to s.185(3)(b), in all the circumstances I consider it fair to extend the time for making the application to the date it was actually made.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 1 October 2015 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 8 October 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 July 2018.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A