Mort & Co Lot Feeders Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 8034

[2019] FWCA 8034

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Mort & Co Lot Feeders Pty Ltd
(AG2019/4271)

MORT & CO LOT FEEDERS PTY LTD AUSTRALIAN ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Agricultural industry
COMMISSIONER HARPER-GREENWELL	MELBOURNE, 26 NOVEMBER 2019

Application for approval of the Mort & Co Lot Feeders Pty Ltd Australian Enterprise Agreement 2019.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Mort & Co Lot Feeders Pty Ltd Australian Enterprise Agreement 2019 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Mort & Co Lot Feeders Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. 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. Pursuant to s.201(3), the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The Agreement does not cover all of the employees of the employer, however, taking into account the factors in Section 186(3) and (3A) I am satisfied that the group of employees was fairly chosen.

[4] Pursuant to s.202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 26 November 2019 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 3 December 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2023.

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Annexure A