GrainCorp Operations Limited

[2014] FWCA 273

[2014] FWCA 273

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

GrainCorp Operations Limited
(AG2013/12839)

GRAINCORP OPERATIONS LTD. (SUNSHINE, PORTLAND & GEELONG) AND NATIONAL UNION OF WORKERS COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT 2013

Grain handling industry
COMMISSIONER CRIBB	MELBOURNE, 10 JANUARY 2014

Application for approval of the GrainCorp Operations Ltd. (Sunshine, Portland & Geelong) and National Union of Workers Comprehensive Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the GrainCorp Operations Ltd. (Sunshine, Portland & Geelong) and National Union of Workers Comprehensive Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by GrainCorp Operations Limited. 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 National Union of Workers (NUW) 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) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved in Chambers on 10 January 2014 and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 17 January 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2016.

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