Valley Services Pty Ltd T/A Latrobe Valley Bus Lines

[2020] FWCA 3980

[2020] FWCA 3980

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Valley Services Pty Ltd T/A Latrobe Valley Bus Lines
(AG2020/1978)

LATROBE VALLEY BUS LINES WORKSHOP ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020

Passenger vehicle transport (non rail) industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT CLANCY	MELBOURNE, 29 JULY 2020

Application for approval of the Latrobe Valley Bus Lines Workshop Enterprise Agreement 2020.

[1] An application has been made for the approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Latrobe Valley Bus Lines Workshop 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 Valley Services Pty Ltd T/A Latrobe Valley Bus Lines. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement does not cover all of the employees of Valley Services Pty Ltd T/A Latrobe Valley Bus Lines, however, taking into account the factors in s.186(3) and s.186(3A), I am satisfied that the group of employees was fairly chosen.

[3] I have noted that the Notice of Employee Representational Rights (NERR) included the name of an employer contact person and the name of the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) bargaining representative but I am nonetheless satisfied the employees were not likely to have been disadvantaged as a result and that Agreement has been genuinely agreed notwithstanding this minor technical error. 1

[4] I also observe that certain provisions within the Agreement (clause 30.3 – cashing out of annual leave and clause 10.3(b) – substitute public holidays) may be inconsistent with the National Employment Standards (NES). However, noting clause 16.1 of the Agreement, I am satisfied the entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

[5] On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, 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.

[6] The TWU, 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 statutory declarations provided by the TWU, I note that the Agreement covers the TWU.

[7] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1)(b), will operate from 5 August 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 December 2021.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

 1 Fair Work Act 2009, s.188(2).

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