Hallmark Cards Australia Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 6247

[2014] FWCA 6247

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Hallmark Cards Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2014/7357)

HALLMARK CARDS AUSTRALIA LTD ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

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COMMISSIONER CRIBB	MELBOURNE, 9 SEPTEMBER 2014

Application for approval of the Hallmark Cards Australia Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Hallmark Cards Australia Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Hallmark Cards Australia Pty Ltd. 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 “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) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved in Chambers on 9 September 2014 and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 16 September 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2017.

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