Reliance Worldwide Corporation (Aust) Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 1495

[2021] FWCA 1495

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Reliance Worldwide Corporation (Aust) Pty Ltd
(AG2021/4161)

RELIANCE WORLDWIDE DANDENONG ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER HARPER-GREENWELL	MELBOURNE, 19 MARCH 2021

Application for approval of the Reliance Worldwide Dandenong Enterprise Agreement 2021.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Reliance Worldwide Dandenong Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Reliance Worldwide Corporation (Aust) Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] 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. The Agreement does not cover all of the employees of the employer, however, taking into account the factors in Section 186(3) and (3A) I am satisfied that the group of employees was fairly chosen.

[3] 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.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 19 March 2021 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 26 March 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2022.

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