Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods Pty Ltd T/A Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods Pty Ltd
[2023] FWCA 551
•21 FEBRUARY 2023
| [2023] FWCA 551 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods Pty Ltd T/A Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods Pty Ltd
(AG2023/135)
Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods Pty Limited (Pampas) – Union Fair Work Enterprise Agreement 2022 - 2024
| Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry | |
| DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE | SYDNEY, 21 FEBRUARY 2023 |
Application for approval of the Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods Pty Limited (Pampas) – Union Fair Work Enterprise Agreement 2022 – 2024
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods Pty Limited (Pampas) – Union Fair Work Enterprise Agreement 2022 – 2024 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Goodman Fielder Consumer Foods Pty Ltd (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
Undertakings
The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 13 February 2023. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A to this decision and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award 2020), and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.
Coverage of employee organisation(s)
The United Workers’ Union, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.
Conclusion
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.
I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 28 February 2023. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 15 September 2024.
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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