Royal Foods Aust Pty Ltd

Case

[2022] FWCA 2243

6 JULY 2022


[2022] FWCA 2243

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Royal Foods Aust Pty Ltd

(AG2022/1999)

Royal Foods Brunswick Enterprise Agreement 2021

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DEPUTY PRESIDENT MOLTONI

BRISBANE, 6 JULY 2022

Application for approval of the Royal Foods Brunswick Enterprise Agreement 2021

  1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Royal Foods Brunswick Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). The Application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Royal Foods Aust Pty Ltd (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

  1. The Applicant has provided written undertakings. 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.

  1. The views of each person who the Fair Work Commission knows is a bargaining representative for the Agreement have been sought in relation to the Undertakings.

  1. Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

  1. Noting the undertakings provided and Clause 6 of the Agreement, I am satisfied that the more beneficial entitlements of the NES in the Act will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

  2. The United Workers Union (UWU) lodged a Form F18 statutory declaration giving notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note the Agreement covers the UWU.

  1. The Agreement is approved and will operate in accordance with s.54 of the Act. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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