MQ Griffith Pty Ltd
[2025] FWCA 709
•24 FEBRUARY 2025
| [2025] FWCA 709 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
MQ Griffith Pty Ltd
(AG2025/192)
MULTIQUIP (CHICKEN CATCHING) GRIFFITH ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2025
| Agricultural industry | |
| COMMISSIONER P RYAN | SYDNEY, 24 FEBRUARY 2025 |
Application for approval of the Multiquip (Chicken Catching) Griffith Enterprise Agreement 2025
MQ Griffith Pty Ltd (Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Multiquip (Chicken Catching) Griffith Enterprise Agreement 2025 (Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
Section 190 Undertakings
The Employer 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.
Sections 186, 187, 188 and 190
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the FW Act are relevant to this application for approval has been met. In coming to this conclusion, I have had regard to the material contained in the application, the accompanying declaration, the responses to issues identified, and the Statement of Principles.[1]
Delegates’ rights term
The Agreement does not contain a delegates’ rights term that meets the requirements of s.205A of the FW Act. Accordingly, clause 25A of the Pastoral Award 2020 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.
Section 183 Bargaining Representatives
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) has given notice under s.183 of the FW Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it.
In accordance with s.201(2), I note that the Agreement covers the AWU.
Approval
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the FW Act, will operate from 3 March 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 24 February 2028.
COMMISSIONER
Annexure A
[1] Fair Work (Statement of Principles on Genuine Agreement) Instrument 2023.
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