Chocolatier Australia Pty Ltd

[2016] FWCA 6551

[2016] FWCA 6551

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Chocolatier Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2016/4053)

CHOCOLATIER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AND THE AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING WORKERS UNION ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 13 SEPTEMBER 2016

Application for approval of the Chocolatier Australia Pty Ltd and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Enterprise Agreement 2016.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Chocolatier Australia Pty Ltd and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Enterprise Agreement 2016 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Chocolatier 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 20 September 2016. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2019.

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