Application for approval of the Australian Wool Testing Authority Limited Victorian Maintenance Enterprise Agreement 2025

[1] Australian Wool Testing Authority Limited has applied for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Australian Wool Testing Authority Limited Victorian Maintenance Enterprise Agreement 2025 under s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).

[2] The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[3] The Employer has provided written undertakings. 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] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) lodged a Form F18 statutory declaration giving notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2) of the Act, I note the Agreement covers the AMWU.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s 54 of the Act, will operate from 4 December 2025.

[7] In accordance with Clause 4 of the Agreement, the nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2028.

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