Great Western Corporation Pty Ltd T/A Agpoint Australia

[2019] FWCA 174

[2019] FWCA 174

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Great Western Corporation Pty Ltd T/A Agpoint Australia
(AG2018/5510)

GREAT WESTERN CORPORATION PTY LTD (PROCESS) COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2018/2021

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 14 JANUARY 2019

Application for approval of the Great Western Corporation Pty Ltd (Process) Collective Agreement 2018/2021.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Great Western Corporation Pty Ltd (Process) Collective Agreement 2018/2021 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Great Western Corporation Pty Ltd T/A Agpoint Australia. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, 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) and based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 14 January 2019 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 21 January 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2021.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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