MC Herd Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 5208

[2013] FWCA 5208

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

MC Herd Pty Ltd
(AG2013/7744)

M.C. HERD PTY LTD AND THE AUSTRALASIAN MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES' UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2013.

Meat Industry
COMMISSIONER LEWIN	MELBOURNE, 30 JULY 2013

Application for approval of the M.C. Herd Pty Ltd and the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union Collective Processing Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made under s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) for approval of an Enterprise Agreement known as the M.C. Herd Pty Ltd and the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union Collective Processing Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by M.C. Herd Pty Ltd (MC Herd). The Agreement is a single Enterprise Agreement.

[2] The application for approval of this Agreement was filed by Mr John Karounos on 25 July 2013, an employee of MC Herd.

[3] On 25 July 2013, the Australasian Meat Industry Union (the AMIU) submitted an F18 Declaration of Employee Organisation in relation to an Application for Approval of an Enterprise Agreement. The AMIU is therefore coved by the Agreement.

[4] The Agreement was listed for e-hearing, in chambers before me at 4:00pm on Tuesday, 30 July 2013.

[5] 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.

[6] The Agreement is approved and in accordance with s.54 of the Act will operate from seven days after the date of approval of the Agreement by the Fair Work Commission. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 24 July 2017.

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