Machinery Movers Pty Ltd

Case

[2024] FWCA 2830

2 AUGUST 2024


[2024] FWCA 2830

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Machinery Movers Pty Ltd

(AG2024/2549)

MACHINERY MOVERS PTY LTD GASOLINE MASTERPLAN PROJECT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024

Road transport industry

COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY

MELBOURNE, 2 AUGUST 2024

Application for approval of the Machinery Movers Pty Ltd Gasoline Masterplan Project Enterprise Agreement 2024

  1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Machinery Movers Pty Ltd Gasoline Masterplan Project Enterprise Agreement 2024 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Machinery Movers Pty Ltd (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

  1. The matter was allocated to my Chambers on 16 July 2024.

  1. The notification time for the Agreement under s.173(2) was 1 May 2024 and the Agreement was made on 25 June 2024.  Accordingly, the genuine agreement requirements the Agreement is to be assessed under are those applying after 6 June 2023 and the better off overall test (BOOT) is that applying on and from 6 June 2023. [1] 

  1. On 23 July 2024, the Employer was invited to address aspects of the Agreement including through the provision of an undertaking.

  1. The Applicant has provided written undertakings, dated 29 July 2024, and a copy is attached in Annexure A. A copy of the undertaking has been provided to the bargaining representatives and I have sought their views in accordance with s.190(4) of the Act. The bargaining representatives did not express any view on the undertaking.

  1. 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, thus appearing to meet the requirements of s.190(3). The undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

  1. I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188, 190, 193 and 193A of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

  1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 days after the date of approval of the Agreement. The nominal expiry date is 2 August 2028.

COMMISSIONER

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[1] The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (Cth) made a number of changes to enterprise agreement approval processes in Part 2-4 of the Fair Work Act. Those changes broadly commenced operation on 6 June 2023, subject to various transitional arrangements that included those to effect described above.

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