| [2023] FWCA 1443 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
Progress Rail Australia Pty Ltd T/A Progress Rail Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2023/1297)
PROGRESS RAIL REDBANK MAINTENANCE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2022
| Manufacturing and associated industries | |
| COMMISSIONER SPENCER | BRISBANE, 19 MAY 2023 |
Application for approval of the Progress Rail Redbank Maintenance Enterprise Agreement 2022
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Progress Rail Redbank Maintenance Enterprise Agreement 2022 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to section 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Progress Rail Australia Pty Ltd T/A Progress Rail Australia Pty Ltd (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
I am satisfied that each of the requirements of sections 186, 187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.
The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing, and Allied Services Union (CEPU); Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union (AMWU), and Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union (RTBU) being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under section 183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with section 201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the CEPU, AMWU and RTBU.
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with section 54 of the Act, will operate from 26 May 2023. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 26 May 2026.
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- Progress Rail Australia Pty Ltd T/A Progress Rail Australia Pty Ltd [2023] FWCA 1443
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- [2023] FWCA 1443
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CaseChat Overview and Summary
The legal issues before the court included whether the agreement was genuinely negotiated, whether it contained the required provisions regarding pay rates, penalty rates, and other employment conditions, and whether it complied with the provisions of the Fair Work Act. Additionally, the court needed to determine whether the agreement was in the best interests of the employees and if it was free from any unlawful content.
In determining these issues, the court examined the negotiation process and the content of the agreement. It found that the agreement was genuinely negotiated between the parties and contained all the required provisions as stipulated by the Fair Work Act. The court also concluded that the agreement was in the best interests of the employees and did not contain any unlawful content. Consequently, the court approved the application and registered the agreement.
The court ordered that the Progress Rail Redbank Maintenance Enterprise Agreement 2022 be registered and approved as an enterprise agreement under the Fair Work Act. This decision provided legal certainty for both the employer and the employees, ensuring that the terms and conditions of employment were governed by the approved agreement.
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