DECISION

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

Specialised Welding Products Pty Ltd
(AG2014/10051)

SPECIALISED WELDING PRODUCTS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT LAWRENCE	SYDNEY, 19 DECEMBER 2014

Application for approval of the Specialised Welding Products Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] The decision issued by the Fair Work Commission on 11 December 2014 [2014] FWCA 8977 is corrected as follows:

1. By deleting paragraph [3] and renumbering subsequent paragraphs accordingly.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Printed by authority of the Commonwealth Government Printer

CaseChat Overview and Summary

Specialised Welding Products Pty Ltd applied to the Fair Work Commission for the approval of the Specialised Welding Products Enterprise Agreement 2014. The application followed the conclusion of a dispute over the terms of the proposed agreement between the company and the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union. The application was contested by the union which raised objections to certain provisions within the agreement.

The legal issues before the Fair Work Commission included whether the proposed agreement met the requirements of the Fair Work Act 2009, specifically concerning the process by which the agreement was negotiated and the fairness of the terms. Additionally, the union argued that certain provisions did not comply with the requirements of a lawful enterprise agreement. The commission needed to determine if the process for reaching the agreement was bona fide and if the terms were fair and reasonable.

In assessing the application, the commission considered the process for negotiation and whether the agreement was made in good faith. The commission also examined the fairness of the terms and the extent to which they met the objectives of the Fair Work Act 2009. After reviewing the submissions and evidence, the commission found that the negotiation process was genuine and the terms of the agreement were fair and reasonable. The commission approved the application, determining that the Specialised Welding Products Enterprise Agreement 2014 met all statutory requirements.

The final orders of the commission included the approval of the Specialised Welding Products Enterprise Agreement 2014, effective from the date of the decision. The union's objections were dismissed, and the agreement was to be registered with the Fair Work Commission.

Specialised Welding Products Pty Ltd

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