Cheetham Salt Limited
[2022] FWCA 328
•3 FEBRUARY 2022
| [2022] FWCA 328 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
Cheetham Salt Limited
(AG2021/9003)
CHEETHAM SALT LIMITED - BAJOOL AND PORT ALMA – ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021
| Salt industry | |
| COMMISSIONER P RYAN | SYDNEY, 3 FEBRUARY 2022 |
Application for approval of the Cheetham Salt Limited - Bajool and Port Alma - Enterprise Agreement 2021
Cheetham Salt Limited (the Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Cheetham Salt Limited – Bajool and Port Alma – Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
Form F17
The application was accompanied by Form F17 which contained a number of typographical errors. A revised Form F17 was subsequently filed. I consider it appropriate in the circumstances to waive an irregularity in the form or manner in which an application was made and do so pursuant to s.586(b) of the Act.
Section 190 Undertakings
The employer provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. I am 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement
Sections 186, 187, 188 and 190
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.
Section 183
The Australian Workers Union (the AWU) and 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 AWU and AMWU.
Approval
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 10 February 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 3 February 2025.
COMMISSIONER
Printed by authority of the Commonwealth Government Printer
<AE514813 PR738026>
0
0
0