Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 3636

[2019] FWCA 3636

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd
(AG2019/1244)

DOWNER EDI WORKS VICTORIAN CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2018

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 27 MAY 2019

Application for approval of the Downer EDI Works Victorian Construction Operations Enterprise Agreement 2018

[1] Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Downer EDI Works Victorian Construction Operations Enterprise Agreement 2018 (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 Australian 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 statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 27 May 2019 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 3 June 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2020.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A