Raytheon Company

[2016] FWCA 70

[2016] FWCA 70

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Raytheon Company T/A Raytheon Australian Operations

(AG2015/7624)

RAYTHEON AUSTRALIAN OPERATIONS AGREEMENT 2016

Manufacturing and associated industries

COMMISSIONER GREGORY MELBOURNE, 6 JANUARY 2016

Application for approval of the Raytheon Australian Operations Agreement 2016.

[1]        An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the

Raytheon Australian Operations Agreement 2016 (the Agreement). The application was made

pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Raytheon

Company T/A Raytheon Australian Operations. The Agreement is a single enterprise

agreement.

[2]        The Applicant has provided a written undertaking. A copy of the undertaking 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 the undertaking will not result in

substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3]         I am satisfied that the rates of pay provided to the Commission on 11 December 2015

and set out in Attachment 2 to the F17 Employers Statutory Declaration are the rates of pay

that are applicable at test time and will apply to employees covered by the Agreement.

[4]        Subject to the undertakings and rates of pay referred to above, I am 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]        Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair

Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[6]        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.
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[7]        The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from

13 January 2016. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 6 January 2019.

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ANNEXURE A