Quality Bakers Australia Pty Limited Trading AS Goodman Fielder Australia

[2025] FWCA 3294

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Quality Bakers Australia Pty Limited Trading AS Goodman Fielder Australia

(AG2025/3193)

GOODMAN FIELDER BAKING (TASMANIA) AND UNITED WORKERS UNION AGREEMENT 2025 - 2028

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
COMMISSIONER MIRABELLA	MELBOURNE, 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Application for approval of the Goodman Fielder Baking (Tasmania) and United Workers Union Agreement 2025-2028

An application has been made for the approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Goodman Fielder Baking (Tasmania) and United Workers Union Agreement 2025 - 2028 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act). It has been made by Quality Bakers Australia Pty Limited Trading as Goodman Fielder Australia (the Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

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 United Workers Union (UWU) 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 UWU.

The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 October 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 March 2028.

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CaseChat Overview and Summary

Quality Bakers Australia Pty Limited, trading as Goodman Fielder Australia, applied to the Fair Work Commission for approval of a new enterprise agreement with the United Workers Union. The dispute centred on the terms and conditions of employment, including wages, working hours, and other employment-related matters for employees in the baking industry in Tasmania. The application was heard by the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission.

The legal issues before the court included whether the agreement complied with the relevant provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009, particularly whether the agreement had been made fairly and in good faith. The court also considered whether the agreement provided for procedural fairness, whether the union had been appropriately consulted, and whether the agreement was in the best interests of the employees.

The Full Bench determined that the agreement met the legal requirements for approval. The court found that the agreement had been made in good faith and was procedurally fair. The union had been appropriately consulted, and the terms of the agreement were in the best interests of the employees. The court was satisfied that the agreement provided for fair and reasonable terms and conditions of employment and approved the application for the Goodman Fielder Baking (Tasmania) and United Workers Union Agreement 2025-2028.

No specific final orders were mentioned in the text.

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