ABC Tissue Products Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 1265

[2014] FWCA 1265

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

ABC Tissue Products Pty Ltd
(AG2014/3605)

ABC TISSUE PRODUCTS PTY UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2013

Clothing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT LAWRENCE	SYDNEY, 20 FEBRUARY 2014

Application for approval of the ABC Tissue Products Pty Union Collective Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the ABC Tissue Products Pty Union Collective Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] The Fair Work Commission notes and accepts the undertaking provided by the employer and it is taken to be a term of the Agreement. A copy of the undertaking is attached to this decision as Annexure A.

[4] The agreement does not contain a consultation term with the content required by s.205(1) and (1A). Accordingly, in accordance with s.205(2), the model consultation term contained in Schedule 2.3 of the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the agreement.

[5] The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union, 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 organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s.54(1) it will operate from 27 February 2014.The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is30 June 2017.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Annexure A

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