The Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Company Limited

[2013] FWCA 9684

[2013] FWCA 9684

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

The Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Company Limited
(AG2013/10217)

WARRNAMBOOL CHEESE AND BUTTER FACTORY CO. LTD AND THE TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AUSTRALIA ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Road transport industry
COMMISSIONER ROBERTS	SYDNEY, 10 DECEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co. Ltd and the Transport Workers Union of Australia Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co. Ltd and the Transport Workers Union of Australia Enterprise Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by The Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Company Limited. The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement was not lodged within 14 days after it was made. Pursuant to s.185(3)(b) of the Act I consider it fair to extend the time for making this application to the actual date of lodgement.

[3] The Transport Workers’ Union of Australia, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wishes to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers that organisation.

[4] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act as is relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 17 December 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2016.

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