Randall Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2023] FWCA 3049

[2023] FWCA 3049

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Randall Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd

(AG2023/3166)

THE AMWU AND RANDALL INDUSTRIES (AUST) PTY LTD COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WORKSHOP AGREEMENT 2023

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER TRAN	MELBOURNE, 20 SEPTEMBER 2023

Application for approval of The AMWU and Randall Industries (Aust) Pty Ltd Collective Bargaining Workshop Agreement 2023

1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as The AMWU and Randall Industries (Aust) Pty Ltd Collective Bargaining Workshop Agreement 2023 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Randall Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd.

1. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

1. I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

1. I note at Clause 4.1 the Agreement provides a commencement date of 1 July 2023. I raised this incompatibility with s 54(1) of the Act with the parties, who agreed the commencement date of the Agreement will be seven days after approval.

1. The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (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 the organisation.

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s 54 of the Act, will operate from 27 September 2023.

1. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2026.

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