Star Auto (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A Mercedes-Benz Sydney

[2015] FWCA 6663

[2015] FWCA 6663

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Star Auto (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A Mercedes-Benz Sydney
(AG2015/4896)

STAR AUTO (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD, MERCEDES-BENZ SYDNEY ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015

Vehicle industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOOLEY	MELBOURNE, 28 SEPTEMBER 2015

Application for approval of the Star Auto (Australia) Pty. Ltd, Mercedes-Benz Sydney Enterprise Agreement 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Star Auto (Australia) Pty. Ltd, Mercedes-Benz Sydney Enterprise Agreement 2015 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Star Auto (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A Mercedes-Benz Sydney. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings 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 the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings 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.

[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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 28 September 2015 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 5 October 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2016.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A