Norske Skog Paper Mills (Australia) Limited

[2019] FWCA 8473

[2019] FWCA 8473

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Norske Skog Paper Mills (Australia) Limited
(AG2019/4586)

NORSKE SKOG BOYER MILL, ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER HARPER-GREENWELL	MELBOURNE, 13 DECEMBER 2019

Application for approval of the Norske Skog Boyer Mill, Enterprise Agreement 2019.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Norske Skog Boyer Mill, 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 Norske Skog Paper Mills (Australia) Limited. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 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.

[3] The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), Australian Workers’ Union (AWU), Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) and Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 13 December 2019 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 20 December 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2021.

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