Sonoco Australia Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 6267

[2019] FWCA 6267

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Sonoco Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2019/2691)

SONOCO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD BRISBANE PLANT WORKPLACE IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT 2019

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COMMISSIONER SPENCER	BRISBANE, 9 SEPTEMBER 2019

Application for approval of the Sonoco Australia Pty Ltd Brisbane Plant Workplace Improvement Agreement 2019.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Sonoco Australia Pty Ltd Brisbane Plant Workplace Improvement Agreement 2019 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Sonoco Australia Pty Ltd (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] 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.

[3] The Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing, and Kindred Industries Union, known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), 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 organisation.

[4] Pursuant to s 205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) is attached to the Agreement and taken to be a term of it.

[5] Pursuant to s 202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) is attached to the Agreement and taken to be a term of it.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 16 September 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 August 2022.

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