The Australian Workers' Union

[2021] FWCA 7095

[2021] FWCA 7095

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

The Australian Workers' Union
(AG2021/8674)

THE AWU AND LOW N LEVEL SHEARING AND CRUTCHING CONTRACTING (TASMANIAN SHEARING OPERATIONS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT

Agricultural industry
COMMISSIONER SPENCER	BRISBANE, 13 DECEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the AWU and Low n Level Shearing and Crutching Contracting (Tasmanian Shearing Operations) Enterprise Agreement.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the AWU and Low n Level Shearing and Crutching Contracting (Tasmanian Shearing Operations) Enterprise Agreement (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by The Australian Workers’ Union (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 Australian Workers’ 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

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

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 20 December 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 October 2024.

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