Unilever Australia Trading Limited

[2013] FWCA 4441

[2013] FWCA 4441

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Unilever Australia Trading Limited
(AG2013/7222)

UNILEVER NORTH ROCKS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER BULL	SYDNEY, 5 JULY 2013

Application for approval of the Unilever North Rocks Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Unilever North Rocks Enterprise Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement covers full time, part time and casual employees employed at the Unilever facility at the North Rocks Site, performing work that falls within the classifications set out in Appendix A of the Agreement. I am satisfied that pursuant to s.186(3A) of the Act, this group is fairly chosen as being operationally or organisationally distinct.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to the application for approval have been met.

[4] The Australian Workers' Union, the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia and the "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU), being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s.54(1) the Agreement will operate from 12 July 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 19 March 2016.

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