Quality Bakers Australia Pty Ltd T/A Goodman Fielder

[2019] FWCA 4003

[2019] FWCA 4003

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Quality Bakers Australia Pty Ltd T/A Goodman Fielder
(AG2019/1491)

QUALITY BAKERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (VICTORIA): MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT 2017 - 2021

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT YOUNG	MELBOURNE, 11 JUNE 2019

Application for approval of the Quality Bakers Australia Pty Ltd (Victoria): Maintenance Agreement 2017 - 2021.

[1] Quality Bakers Australia Pty Ltd (the Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Quality Bakers Australia Pty Ltd (Victoria): Maintenance Agreement 2017 - 2021 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached at Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3] Pursuant to s 202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application, and the accompanying statutory declaration, 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.

[5] The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), and the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 of the Act that they seek to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s 201(2) and based on the statutory declarations provided by the organisations, I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 11 June 2019 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 18 June 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 April 2021.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A