DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Huhtamaki Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2017/1480)

HUHTAMAKI AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MOULDED FIBRE DIVISION, MAINTENANCE PRESTON PLANT, ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT, 2017

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER ROE	MELBOURNE, 5 MAY 2017

Application for approval of the Huhtamaki Australia Pty Ltd. Moulded Fibre Division, Maintenance Preston Plant, Enterprise Agreement, 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Huhtamaki Australia Pty Ltd, Moulded Fibre Division, Maintenance Preston Plant, 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 Huhtamaki Australia Pty Ltd. 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 (AMWU), 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 5 May 2017 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 12 May 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 2 February 2019.

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