ALDI Foods Pty Limited as General Partner of ALDI Stores (A Limited Partnership) T/A ALDI Stores

[2021] FWCA 735

[2021] FWCA 735

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.222—Enterprise agreement

ALDI Foods Pty Limited as General Partner of ALDI Stores (A Limited Partnership) T/A ALDI Stores
(AG2020/4129)

ALDI JANDAKAOT AGREEMENT 2018

Retail industry
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS	PERTH, 12 FEBRUARY 2021

Application for termination of the ALDI Jandakot Agreement 2018.

On 23 December 2020, ALDI Foods Pty Limited as General Partner of ALDI Stores (A Limited Partnership) T/A ALDI Stores (the Applicant) filed an application pursuant to s.222 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) to terminate the ALDI Jandakot Agreement 2018 (the Agreement).

[1] Section 223 of the Act sets out the conditions which must be met for an agreement to be terminated pursuant to s 222 of the Act:

“223 When the FWC must approve a termination of an enterprise agreement

If an application for the approval of a termination of an enterprise agreement is made under section 222, the FWC must approve the termination if:

(a) the FWC is satisfied that each employer covered by the agreement complied with subsection 220(2) (which deals with giving employees a reasonable opportunity to decide etc.) in relation to the agreement; and

(b) the FWC is satisfied that the termination was agreed to in accordance with whichever of subsection 221(1) or (2) applies (those subsections deal with agreement to the termination of different kinds of enterprise agreements by employee vote); and

(c) the FWC is satisfied that there are no other reasonable grounds for believing that the employees have not agreed to the termination; and

(d) the FWC considers that it is appropriate to approve the termination taking into account the views of the employee organisation or employee organisations (if any) covered by the agreement.”

[2] Based on the material that is before me, including the Statutory Declaration sworn by Ms Caroline MacPhail, Managing Director of the Applicant, I am satisfied that the requirements of s 223 of the Act have been met.

[3] In accordance with s 224 of the Act, the termination will come into effect on 17 February 2021.

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