FreshFood Management Services Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 1628

[2020] FWCA 1628

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

FreshFood Management Services Pty Ltd
(AG2020/488)

FRESHFOOD MANAGEMENT SERVICES PTY LTD AS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FRESHFOOD AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LTD & THE UNITED WORKERS UNION, THE AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING WORKERS UNION & THE COMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC ENERGY, INFORMATION, POSTAL, PLUMBING AND ALLIED SERVICES UNION OF AUSTRALIA ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOOTH	SYDNEY, 26 MARCH 2020

Application for approval of the FreshFood Management Services Pty Ltd as a wholly owned subsidiary of FreshFood Australia Holdings Pty Ltd & The United Workers Union, The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union & The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Enterprise Agreement 2019.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as FreshFood Management Services Pty Ltd as a wholly owned subsidiary of FreshFood Australia Holdings Pty Ltd & The United Workers Union, The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union & The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Enterprise Agreement 2019 (the Agreement). That application was made by FreshFood Management Services Pty Ltd pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The United Workers’ Union (UWU), the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AWMU) and the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they support the approval of the Agreement and want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2), and based on the statutory declarations provided by the UWU, the AMWU and the CEPU, I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[3] 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.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 26 March 2020 and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 2 April 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 March 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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