K&S Freighters

[2022] FWCA 3752

[2022] FWCA 3752

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

K&S Freighters

(AG2022/4238)

Application for approval of the K&S Freighters Pty Ltd Linehaul Drivers' Enterprise Agreement 2022

Road transport industry
COMMISSIONER MIRABELLA	MELBOURNE, 26 OCTOBER 2022

Application for approval of the K&S Freighters Pty Ltd Linehaul Drivers' Enterprise Agreement 2022.

1. K&S Freighters (K&S) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the K&S Freighters Pty Ltd Linehaul Drivers' Enterprise Agreement 2022 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

1. K&S has provided a written undertaking. A copy of the undertaking is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertaking will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

1. Subject to the undertaking 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 sections 186, 187, 188 and 190, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

1. The Transport Workers' Union of Australia (TWU), 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 declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

1. The Agreement was approved on 26 October 2022 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 2 November 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2024.

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Annexure A