Accolade Wines Australia Limited

[2020] FWCA 5329

[2020] FWCA 5329

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.210—Enterprise agreement

Accolade Wines Australia Limited
(AG2020/2595)

ACCOLADE WINES AUSTRALIA LTD (WINERIES - SOUTH AUSTRALIA) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016 - 2019

Wine industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 6 OCTOBER 2020

Application for variation of the Accolade Wines Australia Ltd (Wineries - South Australia) Enterprise Agreement 2016 – 2019.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a variation to the Accolade Wines Australia Ltd (Wineries - South Australia) Enterprise Agreement 2016 – 2019 (the Agreement). The application was made by Accolade Wines Australia Limited pursuant to section 210 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] The application seeks to vary various clauses of the Agreement. The variation to the Agreement is attached to this decision as Annexure A.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.210 and 211 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval of a variation have been met.

[4] A variation was made to the title of the Agreement and throughout the Agreement which replaces the original Agreement title Accolade Wines Australia Ltd (Wineries - South Australia) Enterprise Agreement 2016 – 2019 with the following:

Accolade Wines Australia Ltd (Wineries - South Australia) Enterprise Agreement Variation 2020

[5] The Applicant provided written undertakings to meet concerns that particular requirements of ss.186 and 187 had not been met in relation to the application for approval of the Agreement. The undertakings were accepted and the Agreement was approved on 4 August 2017. Those undertakings form part of the Agreement as varied.

[6] The variation is approved and the consolidated version of the Agreement, as varied, is attached to this decision.

[7] In accordance with s.216 of the Act, the variation operates from 6 October 2020.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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