Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 5627

[2021] FWCA 5627

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2021/6882)

IPLEX PIPELINES AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020 – STRATHPINE DISTRIBUTION

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DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 8 SEPTEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty. Ltd. Enterprise Agreement 2020 – Strathpine Distribution.

[1] Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Iplex Pipelines Australia Pty. Ltd. Enterprise Agreement 2020 – Strathpine Distribution (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 which 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 they 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 ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[4] The United Workers' Union (UWU), 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 its declaration, I note that the Agreement covers the UWU.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 8 September 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 15 September 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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