Vesco Foods Pty Ltd T/A Vesco Foods

[2015] FWCA 1307

[2015] FWCA 1307

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Vesco Foods Pty Ltd T/A Vesco Foods
(AG2014/10371)

VESCO FOODS PTY LTD (PRODUCTION EMPLOYEES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015

Food, beverages and tobacco manufacturing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 25 FEBRUARY 2015

Application for approval of the Vesco Foods Pty Ltd (Production Employees, Western Australia) Enterprise Agreement 2015.

[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 2015 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made byVesco 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, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, 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] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] The Food Preservers’ Union of Western Australia, Union of Workers 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) and based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 25 February 2015 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 4 March 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 29 February 2016.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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ANNEXURE A