Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd T/A Toyota Motor Corporation Australia

[2018] FWCA 7825

[2018] FWCA 7825

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd T/A Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
(AG2018/3773)

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AUSTRALIA (TMCA) COMPANY FLEET AGREEMENT 2018

Vehicle industry
COMMISSIONER CIRKOVIC	MELBOURNE, 21 DECEMBER 2018

Application for approval of the Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA) Company Fleet Agreement 2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA) Company Fleet Agreement 2018 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd T/A Toyota Motor Corporation Australia. 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, 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. The Agreement does not cover all of the employees of the employer, however, taking into account the factors in Section 186(3) and (3A) I am satisfied that the group of employees was fairly chosen.

[4] The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 21 December 2018 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 28 December 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 20 December 2022.

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Annexure A