DHL Supply Chain (Australia) Pty Limited

[2021] FWCA 7098

[2021] FWCA 7098

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

DHL Supply Chain (Australia) Pty Limited
(AG2021/8431)

DHL SUPPLY CHAIN GENERAL LOGISTICS - VIC ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021

Storage services
COMMISSIONER MIRABELLA	MELBOURNE, 14 DECEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the DHL Supply Chain General Logistics - VIC Enterprise Agreement 2021.

[1] DHL Supply Chain (Australia) Pty Limited (the Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the DHL Supply Chain General Logistics - VIC Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement) pursuant to s. 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of sections 186, 187, 188 and 190, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[4] Pursuant to s. 202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] The United Workers Union, 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 declaration provided by the organisation), I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 14 December 2021 and, in accordance with s. 54, will operate from 21 December 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 7 June 2024.

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Annexure A