UGL Rail (North Queensland) Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 2174

[2021] FWCA 2174

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

UGL Rail (North Queensland) Pty Ltd
(AG2021/4506)

UGL RAIL TOWNSVILLE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021-2022

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 21 APRIL 2021

Application for approval of the UGL Rail Townsville Enterprise Agreement 2021-2022.

[1] UGL Rail (North Queensland) Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the UGL Rail Townsville Enterprise Agreement 2021-2022 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of which 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, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[4] The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ 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) and based on the declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 21 April 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 28 April 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 December 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A