Torrens Transit Services Pty Ltd T/A Torrens Transit

[2019] FWCA 4598

[2019] FWCA 4598

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Torrens Transit Services Pty Ltd T/A Torrens Transit
(AG2019/132)

TORRENS TRANSIT AND AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING WORKERS UNION (VEHICLE DIVISION) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2018 (WORKSHOPS)

Road transport industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BEAUMONT	PERTH, 2 JULY 2019

Application for approval of the Torrens Transit and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (Vehicle Division) Enterprise Agreement 2018 (Workshops).

[1] Torrens Transit Services Pty Ltd has made an application for the approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Torrens Transit and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (Vehicle Division) Enterprise Agreement 2018 (Workshops) (the Agreement). The application was made under s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings are attached as Annexure A. In compliance with s 190(4) of the Act, the bargaining representative’s views regarding the undertakings regarding the undertakings proffered were sought. No objections were raised.

[3] 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.

[4] The model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) is attached to the Agreement and taken to be a term of it.

[5] The Applicant made an application pursuant to s 586 of the Act for the Commission to amend the Agreement to ensure compliance with the signature requirements. 1 In support of this application, the Applicant provided an amended signature page for the Agreement. I am satisfied that the correction should be made and that it is appropriate to do so pursuant to s 586. The amended signature page is included in the published Agreement.

[6] 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.

[7] The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) (the organisation),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), and based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the organisation is covered by the Agreement.

[8] The Agreement was approved on 2 July 2019 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 9 July 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 16 October 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A

 1   Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) r 2.06A