Vesco Foods Pty Ltd T/A Vesco Foods

[2017] FWCA 4319

[2017] FWCA 4319

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Vesco Foods Pty Ltd T/A Vesco Foods
(AG2017/2270)

VESCO FOODS PTY LTD (PRODUCTION EMPLOYEES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
COMMISSIONER GREGORY	MELBOURNE, 18 AUGUST 2017

Application for approval of the Vesco Foods Pty Ltd (Production Employees, Western Australia) Enterprise Agreement 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Vesco Foods Pty Ltd (Production Employees, Western Australia) Enterprise Agreement 2017 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Vesco Foods Pty Ltd T/A Vesco Foods. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] The Australian Workers’ Union and the National Union of Workers, 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 and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 25 August 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 17 August 2020.

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ANNEXURE A