Oji Cardboard Carton Solutions Pty Ltd T/A Oji Cardboard Carton Solutions (Occs)

[2025] FWCA 650

[2025] FWCA 650

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Oji Cardboard Carton Solutions Pty Ltd T/A Oji Cardboard Carton Solutions (Occs)

(AG2025/356)

OJI CARDBOARD CARTON SOLUTIONS PTY LTD EMPLOYEE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024

Graphic Arts
COMMISSIONER TRAN	MELBOURNE, 19 FEBRUARY 2025

Application for approval of the Oji Cardboard Carton Solutions Pty Ltd Employee Enterprise Agreement 2024

1. Oji Cardboard Carton Solutions Pty Ltd has applied for approval of an enterprise agreement known Oji Cardboard Carton Solutions Pty Ltd Employee Enterprise Agreement 2024 under s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009.

1. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

1. I note clause 5 of the Agreement, which gives precedence to the National Employment Standards and am satisfied that the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

1. I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

1. The Agreement does not contain a delegates’ rights term as required by s 205A(1) of the Act. Under s 205A(2) of the Act, the workplace delegates’ rights term in Clause 36A of the Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award 2020 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

1. The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) lodged a Form F18 statutory declaration giving 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 the Agreement covers the AMWU.

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s 54 of the Act, will operate from 26 February 2025.

1. In accordance with Clause 2 of the Agreement, the nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 26 February 2028.

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