Opal Packaging Australia Pty Ltd T/A Opal Bag Solutions

[2024] FWCA 636

[2024] FWCA 636

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Opal Packaging Australia Pty Ltd T/A Opal Bag Solutions

(AG2024/289)

OPAL BAG SOLUTIONS THOMASTOWN ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024

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COMMISSIONER ALLISON	MELBOURNE, 23 FEBRUARY 2024

Application for approval of the Opal Bag Solutions Thomastown Enterprise Agreement 2024

1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Opal Bag Solutions Thomastown Enterprise Agreement 2024 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Opal Packaging Australia Pty Ltd T/A Opal Bag Solutions. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

1. 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.

1. The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 1 March 2024. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 March 2026.

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