Urquhart Pastoral Company

[2020] FWCA 4804

[2020] FWCA 4804

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Urquhart Pastoral Company
(AG2020/2257)

URQUHART PASTORAL ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020

Agricultural industry
COMMISSIONER SPENCER	BRISBANE, 8 SEPTEMBER 2020

Application for approval of the Urquhart Pastoral Enterprise Agreement 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Urquhart Pastoral Enterprise Agreement 2020 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Urquhart Pastoral Company (the Applicant). The Agreement also covers McMillan Pastoral Company.

[2] The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[3] I wrote to the Applicant on 17 August 2020 raising certain concerns with the Agreement. The Applicant provided a response on 20 August 2020. Further correspondence was sent to the Applicant on 27 August 2020 and the Applicant provided a further response on 28 August 2020.

[4] 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.

[5] I am satisfied that the Applicant and McMillan Pastoral Company are single interest employers for the purposes of s.172 of the Act.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 15 September 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 8 September 2024.

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