Mars Australia Pty Ltd T/A Mars Wrigley

[2020] FWCA 3895

[2020] FWCA 3895

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Mars Australia Pty Ltd T/A Mars Wrigley
(AG2020/1833)

MARS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ASQUITH MANUFACTURING STREAM ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020-2023

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
COMMISSIONER SIMPSON	BRISBANE, 27 JULY 2020

Application for approval of the Mars Australia Pty Ltd Asquith Manufacturing Stream Enterprise Agreement 2020-2023.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Mars Australia Pty Ltd Asquith Manufacturing Stream Enterprise Agreement 2020-2023 (the Agreement). The Application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Mars Australia Pty Ltd T/A Mars Wrigley (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. I am 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.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] The "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) lodged a Form F18 statutory declaration supporting approval of the Agreement and has given notice under s.183 of the Act that the it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note the Agreement covers the AMWU.

[5] The Agreement is approved and will operate in accordance with s.54 of the Act.

COMMISSIONER

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