Schenck Process Australia Pty Ltd T/A Schenck Process Australia

[2014] FWCA 4084

[2014] FWCA 4084

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Schenck Process Australia Pty Ltd T/A Schenck Process Australia
(AG2014/6284)

SEA - SCHENCK PROCESS & UNION ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT WEST COAST 2014

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MCCARTHY	PERTH, 20 JUNE 2014

Application for approval of the SEA - Schenck Process & Union Enterprise Agreement West Coast 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the SEA - Schenck Process & Union Enterprise Agreement West Coast 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

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

[3] I had some concerns regarding the superannuation clause in the Agreement. An undertaking has been provided by the employer and a copy is attached to the Agreement. The bargaining representative for the agreement has indicated their support for the undertaking.

[4] 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) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from seven days from the date of this decision. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 March 2016.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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