City Cleaning Services (Aus) Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 1846

[2021] FWCA 1846

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

City Cleaning Services (Aus) Pty Ltd
(AG2021/4290)

CITY CLEANING SERVICES (AUS) PTY LTD ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021

Cleaning services
COMMISSIONER PLATT	ADELAIDE, 7 APRIL 2021

Application for approval of the City Cleaning Services (Aus) Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2021.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the City Cleaning Services (Aus) Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by City Cleaning Services (Aus) Pty Ltd (the Applicant). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The matter was allocated to my Chambers on 26 March 2021.

[3] On 1 April 2021, I conducted a telephone conference with the parties to seek clarification about aspects of the Agreement and invited the Applicant to address these matters including through the provision of an undertaking.

[4] The Applicant has submitted an undertaking in the required form dated 1 April 2021. The undertaking deals with the following topic:

•  Employees who are terminated by the employer on the basis of abandonment of employment will receive notice of termination or payment in lieu of notice in accordance with the National Employment Standards (NES).

[5] A copy of the undertaking has been provided to the bargaining representatives and I have sought their views in accordance with s.190(4) of the Act. The bargaining representatives that responded supported the undertaking.

[6] The undertaking appears to meet the requirements of s.190(3) of the Act and I have accepted it. As a result, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

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

[8] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 days after the date of approval of the Agreement. The nominal expiry date is 4 April 2025.

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