Rayson Management Pty Ltd T/A Skeetas Restaurant

[2017] FWCA 6482

[2017] FWCA 6482

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.225 - Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date

Rayson Management Pty Ltd T/A Skeetas Restaurant
(AG2017/4787)

SKEETAS RESTAURANT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT

Restaurants
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BINET	PERTH, 8 DECEMBER 2017

Application for termination of the Skeetas Restaurant Enterprise Agreement.

[1] Rayson Management Pty Ltd T/A Skeetas Restaurant (Skeetas)has applied (Application) for the Skeetas Restaurant Enterprise Agreement (Agreement) to be terminated pursuant to section 225 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act).

[2] The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement made pursuant to section 185 of the FW Act with a nominal expiry date of 2 September 2017.

[3] The parties to the Agreement are Skeetas and all its employees including, but not limited to, those in the classifications of employment specified in clause 13 and schedule 1 of the Agreement (Employees).

[4] There are no employee organisations covered by the Agreement.

[5] In support of the Application, Skeetas filed a Statutory Declaration by Ms Haley Morris, General Manager (Morris Declaration), which asserts that all current Employees have entered into Contracts of Employment with Skeetas under the terms and conditions of the Restaurant Industry Award 2010.

[6] Section 225 of the FW Act states:

“225 Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date

If an enterprise agreement has passed its nominal expiry date, any of the following may apply to the FWC for the termination of the agreement:

(a) one or more of the employers covered by the agreement;

(b) an employee covered by the agreement;

(c) an employee organisation covered by the agreement.”

[7] Section 226 of the FW Act states:

“226 When the FWC must terminate an enterprise agreement

If an application for the termination of an enterprise agreement is made under section 225, the FWC must terminate the agreement if:

(a) the FWC is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest to do so; and

(b) the FWC considers that it is appropriate to terminate the agreement taking into account all the circumstances including:

(i) the views of the employees, each employer, and each employee organisation (if any), covered by the agreement; and

(ii) the circumstances of those employees, employers and organisations including the likely effect that the termination will have on each of them.”

[8] As the Agreement has passed its nominal expiry date and the Applicant is an employer covered by the Agreement, I find that the Applicant has standing to make the Application pursuant to section 225(a) of the FW Act.

[9] Based on the material contained in the Morris Declaration, the subsequent materials filed in accordance with the directions issued on 27 October 2017 and in accordance with section 226(a), there is nothing before me which raises public interest considerations which might weigh against the termination of the Agreement. I am therefore satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest to terminate the agreement.

[10] No opposition to the Application was received for or on behalf of any Employees.

[11] Pursuant to section 225 of the Act, and having considered and being satisfied as to each of the matters contained in subsections 226(b)(i) and (ii) of the Act, the Agreement is terminated.

[12] The termination will come into effect from 8 December 2017.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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