QinetiQ Pty Ltd T/A QinetiQ Australia

[2013] FWCA 7222

[2013] FWCA 7222

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

QinetiQ Pty Ltd T/A QinetiQ Australia
(AG2013/8048)

QINETIQ WORKSHOP ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Technical services
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	MELBOURNE, 20 SEPTEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the QinetiQ Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] On 9 August 2013 an application was made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the QinetiQ Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2013 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act) by QinetiQ Pty Ltd T/A QinetiQ Australia (Applicant). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. The Commission is 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 any case the Commission received correspondence from the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) indicating its support of the undertakings.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, the Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[5] The AMWU, 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), I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 27 September 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 June 2017.

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ANNEXURE A