Silk Contract Logistics Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 374

[2021] FWCA 374

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Silk Contract Logistics Pty Ltd
(AG2020/3990)

SILK CONTRACT LOGISTICS WHARF CARTAGE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020

Road transport industry
COMMISSIONER WILSON	MELBOURNE, 28 JANUARY 2021

Application for approval of the Silk Contract Logistics Wharf Cartage Enterprise Agreement 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Silk Contract Logistics Wharf Cartage 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 Silk Contract Logistics 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 Transport Workers' Union of Australia 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 4 February 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 28 January 2023.

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Annexure A