Australian Vintage Limited

[2014] FWCA 6856

[2014] FWCA 6856

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Australian Vintage Limited
(AG2014/7467)

AUSTRALIAN VINTAGE LIMITED - MERBEIN WORKSHOP ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER RYAN	MELBOURNE, 30 SEPTEMBER 2014

Application for approval of the Australian Vintage Limited - Merbein Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Australian Vintage Limited - Merbein Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and was made by Australian Vintage Limited. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] Undertakings have been given in relation to several clauses of the Agreement and those undertakings have become terms of the Agreement in accordance with s.191(1) of the Act and are appended at Appendix A.

[3] Pursuant to s.190(4) of the Act, I have sought the views of the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and the AMWU has supported the undertakings.

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

[5] 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. As required by s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1), will operate from 7 October 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2016.

COMMISSIONER

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