Pentair Water Solutions Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 7935

[2014] FWCA 7935

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Pentair Water Solutions Pty Ltd
(AG2014/9683)

PENTAIR WATER SOLUTIONS PTY. LTD. - WACOL MANUFACTURING PLANT, ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014-2016

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER RYAN	MELBOURNE, 7 NOVEMBER 2014

Application for approval of the Pentair Water Solutions Pty. Ltd. - Wacol Manufacturing Plant, Enterprise Agreement 2014-2016.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Pentair Water Solutions Pty. Ltd. - Wacol Manufacturing Plant, Enterprise Agreement 2014-2016 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and was made by Pentair Water Solutions Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] An undertaking has been given in relation to the Agreement and that undertaking has become a term of the Agreement in accordance with s.191(1) of the Act and is appended at Appendix A.

[3] Pursuant to s.190(4) of the Act, I have sought the views of the bargaining representatives with respect to these undertakings and both The Australian Workers’ Union and “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) support the undertakings.

[4] Subject to the 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.

[5] The AWU and AMWU, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover them. As required by s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the AWU and AMWU.

[6] The consultation term of the enterprise agreement does not meet the requirements of s.205(1) and (1A) of the Fair Work Act as amended as from 1 January 2014. Therefore in accordance with the requirement of s.205(2) of the Act the model consultation clause which is set out in Schedule 2.3 of the Fair Work Regulations is taken to be a term of the agreement. The model consultation clause is attached at Appendix B.

[7] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1), will operate from 14 November 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2016.

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APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B