Baxters Foods Australia Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 882

[2019] FWCA 882

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Baxters Foods Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2018/7118)

BAXTERS FOODS AUSTRALIA ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2018

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 12 FEBRUARY 2019

Application for approval of the Baxters Foods Australia Enterprise Agreement 2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Baxters Foods Australia Enterprise Agreement 2018 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Baxters Foods Australia Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 19 February 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2019.

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