SeaRoad Shipping Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 5558

[2020] FWCA 5558

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

SeaRoad Shipping Pty Ltd
(AG2020/2797)

SEAROAD SHIPPING ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT (STEVEDORING) 2020

Stevedoring industry
COMMISSIONER WILSON	MELBOURNE, 19 OCTOBER 2020

Application for approval of the SeaRoad Shipping Enterprise Agreement (Stevedoring) 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the SeaRoad Shipping Enterprise Agreement (Stevedoring) 2020 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by SeaRoad Shipping 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 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 26 October 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 22 May 2023.

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Annexure A