Geoffrey Thompson & Growers Cooperative Company Co Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 3208

[2019] FWCA 3208

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Geoffrey Thompson & Growers Cooperative Company Co Pty Ltd
(AG2018/7064)

GEOFFREY THOMPSON & GROWERS CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY & NATIONAL UNION OF WORKERS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2018

Agricultural industry
COMMISSIONER BISSETT	MELBOURNE, 9 MAY 2019

Application for approval of the Geoffrey Thompson & Growers Co-Operative Company & National Union of Workers Enterprise Agreement 2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Geoffrey Thompson & Growers Co-Operative Company & National Union of Workers Enterprise Agreement 2018 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Geoffrey Thompson & Growers Cooperative Company Co Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has 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.

[3] Pursuant to subsection 190(3) of the Act, I accept the Undertakings.

[4] Subject to the Undertakings, 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.

[5] Pursuant to s.202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[6] The National Union of Workers 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.

[7] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 16 May 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2020.

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Annexure A