Progress Rail Australia Pty Ltd

Case

[2023] FWCA 2648

21 AUGUST 2023


[2023] FWCA 2648

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Progress Rail Australia Pty Ltd

(AG2023/2693)

PROGRESS RAIL REDBANK STAFF ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2022

Manufacturing and associated industries

DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN

MELBOURNE, 21 AUGUST 2023

Application for approval of the Progress Rail Redbank Staff Enterprise Agreement 2022

  1. Progress Rail Australia Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Progress Rail Redbank Staff Enterprise Agreement 2022 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

  1. The employer has provided a written undertaking, a copy of which is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that it will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

  1. Subject to the undertaking referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.

  1. Pursuant to s 202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

  1. The Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union (RTBU), 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 201(2), I note that the Agreement covers the RTBU.

  1. The Agreement was approved on 21 August 2023 and, in accordance with s 54, it will operate from 28 August 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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