K&S Freighters

[2021] FWCA 5936

[2021] FWCA 5936

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

K&S Freighters
(AG2021/6884)

PORT KEMBLA WORKSHOP EMPLOYEES AGREEMENT 2021

Road transport industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT EASTON	SYDNEY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the Port Kembla Workshop Employees Agreement 2021.

[1] K&S Freighters (the Employer) has made an application for the approval of the Port Kembla Workshop Employees Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). The application was made under 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 are attached as Annexure A to this decision. The undertakings can be accepted under s.190 of the Act because I am satisfied that they will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the agreement pursuant to s.191 of the Act.

[3] Subject to the Employer’s undertakings, I am satisfied that each relevant requirement in sections 186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act has been met.

[4] The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) was a bargaining representative for the Agreement and has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the AWU.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 29 September 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 December 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A