Hilton Foods Australia Pty Limited

[2019] FWCA 6580

[2019] FWCA 6580

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Hilton Foods Australia Pty Limited
(AG2019/2857)

HILTON FOODS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED - BUNBURY WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES’ UNION AGREEMENT 2019

Meat Industry
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS	PERTH, 23 SEPTEMBER 2019

Application for approval of the Hilton Foods Australia Pty Limited - Bunbury Western Australia and the Australasian Meat Industry Employees’ Union Agreement 2019.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Hilton Foods Australia Pty Limited - Bunbury Western Australia and the Australasian Meat Industry Employees’ Union Agreement 2019 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Hilton Foods Australia Pty 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] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement because clause 2.14 does not require consultation regarding rosters and ordinary hours of work per s.205 of the Act.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 30 September 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2020.

[5] The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

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