Mauri Yeast Australia Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 167

[2013] FWCA 167

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Mauri Yeast Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2012/13349)

MAURI YEAST AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (TOOWOOMBA) UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2012

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
COMMISSIONER BOOTH	BRISBANE, 14 JANUARY 2013

Application for approval of the Mauri Yeast Australia Pty Ltd (Toowoomba) Union Collective Agreement 2012.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a single enterprise agreement known as the Mauri Yeast Australia Pty Ltd (Toowoomba) Union Collective Agreement 2012 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Mauri Yeast Australia Pty Ltd.

[2] The Agreement was not lodged within 14 days after it was made. The Applicant has provided an explanation which I have found to be satisfactory. Pursuant to s.185(3)(b) I consider it fair to extend the time for making this application to 20 November 2012.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] The National Union of Workers, 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) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 21 January 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 October 2014.

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