Chocolatier (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 7511

[2019] FWCA 7511

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Chocolatier (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2019/3688)

CHOCOLATIER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AND THE AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING WORKERS UNION AGREEMENT 2019

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 6 NOVEMBER 2019

Application for approval of the Chocolatier Australia Pty Ltd and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Agreement 2019

[1] Chocolatier (Australia) Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Chocolatier Australia Pty Ltd and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Agreement 2019 (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 statutory declaration, 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) and based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 6 November 2019 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 13 November 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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