Queensland Tissue Products Pty Ltd T/A Queensland Tissue Products

[2022] FWCA 2703

[2022] FWCA 2703

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185 - Application for approval of a greenfields agreement

Queensland Tissue Products Pty Ltd T/A Queensland Tissue Products

(AG2022/2141)

QTP (Melbourne) Enterprise Agreement 2022

Timber and paper products industry
COMMISSIONER YILMAZ	MELBOURNE, 15 AUGUST 2022

Application for approval of the QTP (Melbourne) Enterprise Agreement 2022

1. Queensland Tissue Products Pty Ltd T/A Queensland Tissue Products (the Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the QTP (Melbourne) Enterprise Agreement 2022 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

1. This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s 172(2)(b) of the Act. I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186 and 187 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval has been met. In accordance with s 187(5) of the Act, I am satisfied that the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under it, and that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement. 

1. 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

1. 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.

1. Pursuant to s 53(2)(b) of the Act, the Agreement was made with the AMWU and that the Agreement covers this organisation. 

1. The Agreement was approved on 15 August 2022 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 22 August 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 14 August 2026.

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Annexure A