Gippsland & Southern Rural Water Corporation T/A Southern Rural Water

[2018] FWCA 7413

[2018] FWCA 7413

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Gippsland & Southern Rural Water Corporation T/A Southern Rural Water
(AG2018/4601)

SOUTHERN RURAL WATER (SRW) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017

Water, sewerage and drainage services
COMMISSIONER HARPER-GREENWELL	MELBOURNE, 5 DECEMBER 2018

Application for approval of the Southern Rural Water (SRW) Enterprise Agreement 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Southern Rural Water (SRW) Enterprise Agreement 2017 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Gippsland & Southern Rural Water Corporation T/A Southern Rural Water. 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, 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 CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union, and The Australian Workers’ Union being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 5 December 2018 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 12 December 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 9 March 2022.

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Annexure A