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Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd T/A Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing Company

Case [2014] FWCA 7547

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[2014] FWCA 7547

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

CORRECTION DECISION

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

Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd T/A Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing Company
(AG2014/7806)

SANITARIUM HEALTH AND WELLBEING COMPANY COORANBONG ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT LAWRENCE	SYDNEY, 24 OCTOBER 2014

Application for approval of the Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company Cooranbong Enterprise Agreement 2014 - correction.

[1] The decision issued by the Fair Work Commission on 23 October 2014 [2014] FWCA 7547 is corrected as follows:

1. By deleting paragraph [3] and renumbering the subsequent paragraphs accordingly.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Printed by authority of the Commonwealth Government Printer

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AGLC: Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd T/A Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing Company [2014] FWCA 7547
Case: [2014] FWCA 7547
Decision Date: 24 OCTOBER 2014

CaseChat Overview and Summary

The Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd, trading as Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing Company, brought an application to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) for approval of a single-enterprise agreement. The applicants sought to have the agreement, which had been negotiated with a union, recognised and applied to their employees. The dispute centred on whether the agreement complied with the necessary legislative requirements under the Fair Work Act 2009.

The primary legal issue before the FWC was whether the proposed single-enterprise agreement met all the statutory criteria set out in section 185 of the Act. This included examining if the agreement had been fairly negotiated and if it contained the necessary provisions, such as minimum wages and conditions, dispute resolution mechanisms, and other employment terms. The FWC had to ensure that the agreement adhered to the procedural and substantive requirements outlined in the legislation.

In its decision, the FWC thoroughly assessed the negotiation process and contents of the agreement. The Commission concluded that the agreement was the product of genuine and fair negotiations and that it complied with all necessary statutory provisions. The FWC found that the agreement contained all the mandatory terms and conditions required by the Act, and it did not contravene any provisions. Consequently, the FWC approved the single-enterprise agreement, allowing it to be formally recognised and applied to the employees of the applicants.

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