Olex Australia Pty Ltd T/A Nexans Australia
[2025] FWCA 169
•17 JANUARY 2025
| [2025] FWCA 169 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
Olex Australia Pty Ltd T/A Nexans Australia
(AG2024/5058)
NEXANS FORRESTFIELD SITE AND UNITED WORKERS UNION 2024 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
| Rubber, plastic and cable making industry | |
| COMMISSIONER LIM | PERTH, 17 JANUARY 2025 |
Application for approval of the Nexans Forrestfield Site and United Workers Union 2024 Collective Agreement
Olex Australia Pty Ltd trading as Nexans Australia (the Applicant) has made an application for the approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Nexans Forrestfield Site and United Workers Union 2024 Collective Agreement (the Agreement). The application was made under s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
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.
In compliance with s 190(4) of the Act, the bargaining representatives’ views regarding the undertakings proffered were sought. They were provided with the opportunity to raise and address any objections they had to the undertakings proffered by the Applicant. No objection was raised.
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declarations, 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.
The United Workers’ Union (the organisation), 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), and based on the declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the organisation is covered by the Agreement.
The Agreement was approved on 17 January 2025 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 24 January 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2027.
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