Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 320

[2013] FWCA 320

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Pty Ltd
(AG2012/13189)

BROWN BROTHERS MILAWA VINEYARD AGREEMENT 2012

Wine industry
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON	ADELAIDE, 16 JANUARY 2013

Application for approval of the Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Agreement 2012.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Agreement 2012 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] On 15 January 2013, I conducted a telephone conference of the parties to seek clarification about aspects of the agreement.

[3] The employer subsequently provided further clarification of the parties’ intentions and proposed formal written undertakings which are appended to the agreement as approved.

[4] I have sought the views of the bargaining representatives and accepted the undertakings pursuant to s.190 of the Act. As a result, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

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

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 23 January 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 22 December 2015.

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