Orica Australia Pty Ltd

[2015] FWCA 993

[2015] FWCA 993

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Orica Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2015/1728)

ORICA CHEMICALS AUSTRALIA OPERATIONS PTY LTD (MARPLEX LAVERTON SITE) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER RYAN	MELBOURNE, 10 FEBRUARY 2015

Application for approval of the Orica Chemicals Australia Operations Pty Ltd (Marplex Laverton Site) Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Orica Chemicals Australia Operations Pty Ltd (Marplex Laverton Site) Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and was made by Orica Australia Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] Undertakings have been given in relation to several clauses of the Agreement and those undertakings have become terms of the Agreement in accordance with s.191(1) of the Act and are appended at Appendix A.

[3] Subject to those undertakings, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] Pursuant to s.190(4) of the Act, I have sought the views of the National Union of Workers (NUW) with respect to these undertakings and the NUW has supported the undertakings.

[5] The National Union of Workers, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. As required by s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1), will operate from 17 February 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 14 January 2017.

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