Qantas Airways Limited

[2020] FWCA 2115

[2020] FWCA 2115

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Qantas Airways Limited
(AG2020/993)

QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED PILOTS (LONG HAUL) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020

Airline operations
COMMISSIONER SPENCER	BRISBANE, 28 APRIL 2020

Application for approval of the Qantas Airways Limited Pilots (Long Haul) Enterprise Agreement 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Qantas Airways Limited Pilots (Long Haul) Enterprise Agreement 2020 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Qantas Airways Limited (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] Subject to matters that have been addressed by way of an undertaking, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] As noted, pursuant to s.190(3), I have accepted an undertaking from the employer. In accordance with ss.191(1) and 201(3) of the Act the undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement. A copy of the undertaking is attached to the Agreement.

[4] The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] Pursuant to s.202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 5 May 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is four years from the date of approval, being 28 April 2024.

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