Sweetmans Timber Pty Ltd and R.A. Sweetman and Son Pty Ltd T/A Sweetman’s Timber Pty Ltd

[2017] FWCA 878

[2017] FWCA 878

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Sweetmans Timber Pty Ltd and R.A. Sweetman and Son Pty Ltd T/A Sweetman’s Timber Pty Ltd
(AG2016/7917)

SWEETMANS TIMBER PTY LTD ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016

Timber and paper products industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 14 FEBRUARY 2017

Application for approval of the Sweetmans Timber Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2016.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Sweetmans Timber Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2016 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Sweetmans Timber Pty Ltd and R.A. Sweetman and Son Pty Ltd T/A Sweetman’s Timber Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union 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) and based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 14 February 2017 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 21 February 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 October 2019.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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