Sunstate Airlines (QLD) Pty Limited

[2016] FWCA 470

[2016] FWCA 470

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Sunstate Airlines (QLD) Pty Limited
(AG2015/7182)

SUNSTATE AIRLINES PTY LTD (AIRCRAFT ENGINEERS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015

Airline operations
COMMISSIONER CAMBRIDGE	SYDNEY, 22 JANUARY 2016

Application for approval of the Sunstate Airlines Pty Ltd (Aircraft Engineers) Enterprise Agreement 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Sunstate Airlines Pty Ltd (Aircraft Engineers) 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 Sunstate Airlines (QLD) Pty Ltd (the Employer). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The application was lodged at Sydney on 23 December 2015. The application included a Statutory Declaration of Simon Brown made on behalf of the Employer and dated 22 December 2015 (the Declaration). The Declaration stated that the Agreement was made on 15 December 2015. Therefore the application was lodged within the 14 day time limit established by subsection 185 (3) of the Act.

[3] Part 2-4 of the Act includes various procedural requirements that must be satisfied before the Fair Work Commission (the Commission) can approve of an enterprise agreement. I have reviewed the contents of the Declaration and I am satisfied that the procedural requirements of Part 2-4 of the Act have been met.

[4] The application for approval was listed for Hearing in Chambers before the Commission on 22 January 2016. I note that the file has included a Statutory Declaration of Noel Speers made on behalf of The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (the ALAEA), as an employee organisation in relation to the application.

[5] I note that the Agreement contains a flexibility term at clause 13 and consultation terms at clauses 11 and 12.

[6] 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.

[7] The ALAEA, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. As required by subsection 201 (2) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the ALAEA.

[8] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with subsection 54 (1) of the Act it will operate from 29 January 2016. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement as specified in clause 5.1 of the Agreement, is 31 December 2018.

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