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austlii:cth/FWCA/2025/3845
General information, not legal advice.
FWCA
2025-08-15
Original judgment source is linked above.
The attached document replaces the document previously issued with the code [2025] FWC 2406 on 15 August 2025 to correct document referencing.
s.185 - Enterprise agreement
Mb Solutions Australia Pty Ltd Trading AS Mb Solutions Australia Pty Ltd & Bluey Technologies Pty Ltd
MB SOLUTIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AND BLUEY TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD & THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS' UNION MAJOR PROJECTS AGREEMENT 2025
Application for approval of the MB Solutions Australia Pty Ltd and Bluey Technologies Pty Ltd & The Australian Workers' Union Major Projects Agreement 2025.
[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the MB Solutions Australia Pty Ltd and Bluey Technologies Pty Ltd & The Australian Workers' Union Major Projects Agreement 2025 (the Agreement). The Application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act). It has been made by Mb Solutions Australia Pty Ltd T/A Mb Solutions Australia Pty Ltd & Bluey Technologies Pty Ltd (the Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached at 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.
[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. For the purposes of the better off overall test, I have had regard to each of the matters in s.193A(2)-(7).
[4] I observe that certain clauses are likely to be inconsistent with the National Employment Standards (NES). Noting the undertakings provided, I am satisfied that the more beneficial entitlements of the NES in the Act will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.
[5] The Australian Workers' Union being a bargaining representative for the Agreement supports the approval of the Agreement and has given 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 that the Agreement covers the organisation.
[6] The Agreement is approved, and in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 22 August 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 28 February 2029.
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