The Wrigley Company Pty Limited T/A The Wrigley Company

[2017] FWCA 2577

[2017] FWCA 2577

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

The Wrigley Company Pty Limited T/A The Wrigley Company
(AG2017/1427)

WRIGLEY COMPANY PTY. LIMITED (MANUFACTURING STREAM) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017 - 2020

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
COMMISSIONER ROE	MELBOURNE, 11 MAY 2017

Application for approval of the Wrigley Company Pty. Limited (Manufacturing Stream) Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Wrigley Company Pty. Limited (Manufacturing Stream) Enterprise Agreement 2017 – 2020 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by The Wrigley Company Pty Limited T/A The Wrigley Company. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] 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. The Agreement does not cover all of the employees of the employer, however, taking into account the factors in Section 186(3) and (3A) I am satisfied that the group of employees was fairly chosen.

[3] The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing 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] The Agreement was approved on 11 May 2017 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 18 May 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 March 2020.

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