Ventia Utility Services Pty Limited

[2022] FWCA 3350

[2022] FWCA 3350

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Ventia Utility Services Pty Limited

(AG2022/3934)

Ventia Utility Services Pty Ltd & AMWU Victorian Water Mechanical Enterprise Agreement 2022

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER CIRKOVIC	MELBOURNE, 30 SEPTEMBER 2022

Application for approval of the Ventia Utility Services Pty Ltd & AMWU Victorian Water Mechanical Enterprise Agreement 2022

1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Ventia Utility Services Pty Ltd & AMWU Victorian Water Mechanical Enterprise Agreement 2022 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Ventia Utility Services Pty Limited. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

1. 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.

1. 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. The Agreement does not cover all of the employees of the employer. However, taking into account the factors in Section 186(3) and (3A), I am satisfied that the group of employees was fairly chosen.

1. The Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), 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.

1. The Agreement was approved on 30 September 2022 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 7 October 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2026.

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Annexure A