Don Watson Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 4330

[2019] FWCA 4330

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Don Watson Pty Ltd
(AG2019/747)

DON WATSON LONG DISTANCE OPERATIONS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Road transport industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 21 JUNE 2019

Application for approval of the Don Watson Long Distance Operations Enterprise Agreement 2019

[1] Don Watson Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Don Watson Long Distance Operations Enterprise Agreement 2019 (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.

[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] The application was not lodged within 14 days after the agreement was made. Pursuant to s 185(3)(b), in all the circumstances I consider it fair to extend the time for making the application to the date it was actually made.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 21 June 2019 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 28 June 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 21 June 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A