Hickory Group Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 8686

[2014] FWCA 8686

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Hickory Group Pty Ltd
(AG2014/9575)

HICKORY MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014-2018

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER RYAN	MELBOURNE, 2 DECEMBER 2014

Application for approval of the Hickory Manufacturing Enterprise Agreement 2014-2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Hickory Manufacturing Enterprise Agreement 2014-2018 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and was made by Hickory Group. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] An undertaking has been given in relation to clauses 11.2 and 15.6 of the Agreement and this undertaking has become a term of the Agreement in accordance with s.191(1) of the Act and is appended at Appendix A.

[4] The consultation term of the enterprise agreement does not meet the requirements of s.205(1) and (1A) of the Fair Work Act as amended as from 1 January 2014. Therefore in accordance with the requirement of s.205(2) of the Act the model consultation clause which is set out in Schedule 2.3 of the Fair Work Regulations is taken to be a term of the agreement. The model consultation clause is attached at Appendix B.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1), will operate from 9 December 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 8 December 2018.

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APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B