Norman McMahon Patches Pty Ltd T/A Patches Asphalt

Case

[2022] FWCA 3560

13 OCTOBER 2022


[2022] FWCA 3560

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Norman McMahon Patches Pty Ltd T/A Patches Asphalt

(AG2022/4059)

Patches Asphalt Enterprise Agreement 2022 - 2025

Asphalt industry

DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE

SYDNEY, 13 OCTOBER 2022

Application for approval of the Patches Asphalt Enterprise Agreement 2022 - 2025

  1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the Patches Asphalt Enterprise Agreement 2022 - 2025 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Norman McMahon Patches Pty Ltd (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

Undertakings

  1. The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 12 October 2022. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A to this decision and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Asphalt Industry Award 2020), and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

Conclusion

  1. Subject to the undertakings 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.

  1. I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

  1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 20 October 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 20 October 2025.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A