Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 6048

[2021] FWCA 6048

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd
(AG2021/7273)

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF RIDLEY AGRIPRODUCTS PTY LTD - MAFFRA - ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021.

Agricultural industry
COMMISSIONER P RYAN	SYDNEY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2021

Application for approval of Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd - Maffra - Enterprise Agreement 2021.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an Enterprise Agreement known as the Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd – Maffra – Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd (the Employer) made the application 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 in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, 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.

[4] 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.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 6 October 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 15 October 2024.

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