Greening Australia Ltd

[2020] FWCA 3235

[2020] FWCA 3235

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.225—Enterprise agreement

Greening Australia Ltd
(AG2020/1652)

GREENING AUSTRALIA (NT) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016 - 2019

Gardening services
COMMISSIONER MCKINNON	MELBOURNE, 22 JUNE 2020

Application for termination of the Greening Australia (NT) Enterprise Agreement 2016 - 2019.

[1] Greening Australia Ltd is covered by the Greening Australia (NT) Enterprise Agreement 2016 - 2019 (the Agreement) which nominally expired on 31 January 2019. It has applied to terminate the Agreement, one of eight enterprise agreements that have largely been superseded and replaced by the Greening Australia Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2020 - 2022 (the National Agreement). The Agreement no longer covers any employees.

[2] Section 226 of the Act sets out the conditions which must be met for an agreement to be terminated pursuant to section 225 of the Act as follows:

“226 When the FWC must terminate an enterprise agreement

If an application for the termination of an enterprise agreement is made under section 225, the FWC must terminate the agreement if:

(a) the FWC is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest to do so; and

(b) the FWC considers that it is appropriate to terminate the agreement taking into account all the circumstances including:

(i) the views of the employees, each employer, and each employee organisation (if any), covered by the agreement; and

(ii) the circumstances of those employees, employers and organisations including the likely effect that the termination will have on each of them.”

[3] There is no material before me to found a reasonable concern that termination of the Agreement would be contrary to the public interest. The application is the culmination of a corporate restructure and simplification process that began in 2013 and saw the transformation of a federation of nine separate entities into a single corporate entity. There are no employees covered by the Agreement.

[4] In the circumstances, it is appropriate to terminate the Agreement. The Agreement is terminated effective from today.

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