Hilton Foods Australia Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 6412

[2019] FWCA 6412

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Hilton Foods Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2019/2124)

HILTON FOODS AUSTRALIA (HEATHWOOD) PTY LTD - GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2019-2023

Meat Industry
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	SYDNEY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2019

Application for approval of the Hilton Foods Australia (Heathwood) Pty Ltd - Greenfields Agreement 2019-2023.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the Hilton Foods Australia (Heathwood) Pty Ltd - Greenfields Agreement 2019-2023 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act). The Agreement is a greenfields agreement. It has been made by Hilton Foods Australia Pty Ltd.

[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. In particular, I am satisfied that The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under it. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[3] The Applicant has provided written undertakings and a copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. In accordance with s.191(2) of the Act, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] Pursuant to s.53(2)(b) of the Act I note the Agreement was made with the AMIEU and that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 20 September 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 May 2023.

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Annexure A