ENTERPRISE BARGAINING – single interest employer authorisation – ss.248, 249 Fair Work Act 2009 – applicant and 26 other employers applied for single interest employer authorisation in relation to a proposed enterprise agreement, the Oporto Enterprise Agreement 2016 – application specified the employers and employees to be covered by the proposed agreement and the Employee Relations Consultant for Oporto was the person nominated by the employers to make applications under the FW Act if the authorisation was made – a statutory declaration in support stated that the employers agreed to bargain together and that no person was coerced, or threatened to coerce, any of the employers to agree to bargain together – each employer provided written declarations and authorisations in support – Commission satisfied employers agreed to bargain together, had not been subject to any coercion and were franchisees of the same franchisor – application granted. Oporto (Franchising) P/L t/a Oporto and Ors
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