Australian Multiwall Bag Co Pty Ltd

[2017] FWCA 5270

[2017] FWCA 5270

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Australian Multiwall Bag Co Pty Ltd
(AG2017/3096)

AUSTRALIAN MULTIWALL BAG COMPANY PTY LTD WORKPLACE AGREEMENT 2016

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COMMISSIONER JOHNS	SYDNEY, 11 OCTOBER 2017

Application for approval of the Australian Multiwall Bag Company Pty Ltd Workplace Agreement 2016.

[1] On 26 July 2017, Australian Multiwall Bag Co Pty Ltd (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Australian Multiwall Bag Company Pty Ltd Workplace Agreement 2016 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached as Annexure A. The Commission is 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. In any case, the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has indicated its acceptance of the undertakings.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, the Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[5] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[6] The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[7] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 18 October 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 March 2019.

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Annexure A