The Australian Comfort Group Pty Ltd T/A Sleepmaker & Dunlop Foams

[2014] FWCA 5255

[2014] FWCA 5255

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

The Australian Comfort Group Pty Ltd T/A Sleepmaker & Dunlop Foams
(AG2014/1959)

THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORT GROUP (DEER PARK) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014-2016

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER RYAN	MELBOURNE, 4 AUGUST 2014

Application for approval of the The Australian Comfort Group (Deer Park) Enterprise Agreement 2014-2016.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as The Australian Comfort Group (Deer Park) Enterprise Agreement 2014-2016 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and was made by The Australian Comfort Group Pty Ltd T/A Sleepmaker & Dunlop Foams. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] An undertaking has been given in relation to clause 26.2.2 of the Agreement and this undertaking has become a term of the Agreement in accordance with s.191(1) of the Act and is appended at Appendix A.

[3] Pursuant to s.190(4) of the Act I sought the views of the bargaining representative for this matter, the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), in relation to the undertaking offered. The CFMEU advises it supports the undertaking.

[4] Subject to this undertaking, 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 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), 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 s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the CFMEU.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1), will operate from 11 August 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 May 2016.

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