Qube Ports Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 6889

[2020] FWCA 6889

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Qube Ports Pty Ltd
(AG2020/3587)

QUBE PORTS PTY LTD PORT OF GERALDTON ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020

Stevedoring industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASSON	MELBOURNE, 18 DECEMBER 2020

Application for approval of the Qube Ports Pty Ltd Port of Geraldton Enterprise Agreements 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Qube Ports Pty Ltd Port of Geraldton Enterprise Agreements 2020 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Qube Ports Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] The Maritime Union of Australia Division of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) 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] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 25 December 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A