Stryker Australia

[2014] FWCA 1656

[2014] FWCA 1656

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Stryker Australia
(AG2014/3895)

STRYKER AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED BUSINESS SERVICES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Clerical industry
COMMISSIONER CARGILL	SYDNEY, 12 MARCH 2014

Application for approval of the Stryker Australia Pty Limited Business Services Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Stryker Australia Pty Limited Business Services Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Stryker Australia Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The company has provided written undertakings in relation to the default superannuation fund provisions in clause 8 and the minimum rates of pay referenced in Schedule A of the Agreement.

[3] I am satisfied the undertakings meet any concern I have in relation to the Agreement. In accepting the undertakings I have also accepted they are not likely to either cause financial detriment to an employee or result in substantial changes to the Agreement (s.190(3)). I note that under s.191 of the Act the undertakings are taken to be terms of the Agreement. A copy of the undertakings are attached to the Agreement.

[4] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 19 March 2014. The nominal expiry date is four years from the date of approval.

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