Thales Australia Limited

[2019] FWCA 5909

[2019] FWCA 5909

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Thales Australia Limited
(AG2019/2683)

THALES AUSTRALIA LITHGOW ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 26 AUGUST 2019

Application for approval of the Thales Australia Lithgow Enterprise Agreement 2019

[1] Thales Australia Limited has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Thales Australia Lithgow Enterprise Agreement 2019 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer 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, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, 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 Australian Workers’ Union and the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have each given notice under s 183 of the Act that it seeks to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s 201(2) and based on the statutory declaration provided by each of these organisations, I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 26 August 2019 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 2 September 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 October 2021.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A