Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services Pty Limited

[2020] FWCA 1982

[2020] FWCA 1982

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services Pty Limited
(AG2020/419)

NORTHROP GRUMMAN INTEGRATED DEFENCE SERVICES SPECIAL PURPOSE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT 2020

Airline operations
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE	SYDNEY, 17 APRIL 2020

Application for approval of the Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services Special Purpose Aircraft Maintenance Agreement 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement titled the Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services Special Purpose Aircraft Maintenance Agreement 2020 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services Pty Limited (Employer). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 2 April 2020. I am satisfied that these 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, 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 Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) 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 the ALAEA.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 24 April 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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