Australian Workers’ Union

[2021] FWCA 7065

[2021] FWCA 7065

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Australian Workers’ Union
(AG2021/8632)

AWU AND FLOOD SHEARING CONTRACTORS (TASMANIAN SHEARING OPERATIONS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT

Agricultural industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 10 DECEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the AWU and Flood Shearing Contractors (Tasmanian Shearing Operations) Enterprise Agreement

[1] The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the AWU and Flood Shearing Contractors (Tasmanian Shearing Operations) Enterprise Agreement (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[3] Pursuant to s 202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] The AWU, 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) and based on its declaration, I note that the Agreement covers the AWU.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 10 December 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 October 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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