JBS Australia Pty Limited

[2015] FWCA 2853

[2015] FWCA 2853

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

JBS Australia Pty Limited
(AG2015/393)

JBS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED - COBRAM ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015

Meat Industry
COMMISSIONER LEWIN	MELBOURNE, 27 APRIL 2015

Application for approval of the JBS Australia Pty Limited - Cobram Enterprise Agreement 2015.

[1] On 27 February 2015, JBS Australia Pty Limited (Applicant) made an application for approval of the JBS Australia Pty Limited - Cobram Enterprise Agreement 2015 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached as Annexure A. The Commission is satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. In any case, the The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) has signed the undertakings.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, the Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[5] The AMIEU, 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), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 4 May 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 27 April 2019.

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