Qube Energy Pty Ltd

Case

[2023] FWCA 1861

23 JUNE 2023


[2023] FWCA 1861

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Qube Energy Pty Ltd

(AG2023/1865)

QUBE ENERGY PTY LTD LNG FACILITY ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2023

Road transport industry

DEPUTY PRESIDENT MILLHOUSE

MELBOURNE, 23 JUNE 2023

Application for approval of the Qube Energy Pty Ltd LNG Facility Enterprise Agreement 2023

  1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Qube Energy Pty Ltd LNG Facility Enterprise Agreement 2023 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). It has been made by Qube Energy Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

  1. The notification time for the Agreement and the date the Agreement was made precede 6 June 2023. Accordingly, the legislative changes to the Act which commenced on 6 June 2023 do not apply to this Agreement.[1]

  1. The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings 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 the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

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

  1. Pursuant to s 205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

  1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s 54 of the Act, will operate from 30 June 2023. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 23 June 2027.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Annexure A


[1] The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (Amending Act) commenced operation with respect to the genuine agreement provisions and the better off overall test provisions of the Act on 6 June 2023. However, Division 11 of Part 26 of the Amending Act provides that Part 2‑4 of the Act continues to apply, as if the amendments had not been made, in relation to any proposed enterprise agreement for which the notification time occurs before 6 June 2023. Further, Division 12 of Part 26 of the Amending Act provides that the amendments to the better off overall test apply in relation to enterprise agreements made on and after 6 June 2023

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