Ross Laboratories Australia Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 6730

[2021] FWCA 6730

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Ross Laboratories Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2021/8197)

ROSS LABORATORIES COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2021

Pharmaceutical industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 17 NOVEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the Ross Laboratories Collective Agreement 2021

[1] Ross Laboratories Australia Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Ross Laboratories Collective Agreement 2021 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The employer has provided written undertakings, a copy of which is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that they will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[4] The United Workers' Union (UWU), 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) and based on its declaration, I note that the Agreement covers the UWU.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 17 November 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 24 November 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 20 March 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A