Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 466

[2013] FWCA 466

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd
(AG2012/13125)

RIDLEY AGRIPRODUCTS PTY. LTD. - CLIFTON - ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2012

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON	ADELAIDE, 21 JANUARY 2013

Application for approval of the Ridley AgriProducts Pty. Ltd. - Clifton - Enterprise Agreement 2012.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Ridley AgriProducts Pty. Ltd. - Clifton - Enterprise Agreement 2012 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] On 17 January 2013, I conducted a telephone conference of the parties to seek clarification about aspects of the agreement.

[3] The employer subsequently provided further clarification of the parties’ intentions and proposed formal written undertakings which are appended to the agreement as approved

[4] I have sought the views of the bargaining representative and accepted the undertakings pursuant to s.190 of the Act. As a result, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In so finding, I also note that Clause 23.4 - Stand Down of Employees is intended to apply only in circumstances where stand down provisions would otherwise operate.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 28 January 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 19 December 2015.

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