Veolia Australia and New Zealand T/A Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2018] FWCA 5685

[2018] FWCA 5685

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Veolia Australia and New Zealand T/A Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2018/1784)

VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD NSW UPPER HUNTER INDUSTRIAL SERVICES ENTERPIRSE AGREEMENT 2018

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 10 SEPTEMBER 2018

Application for approval of the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd NSW Upper Hunter Industrial Services Enterprise Agreement 2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd NSW Upper Hunter Industrial Services Enterprise Agreement 2018 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Veolia Australia and New Zealand T/A Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) 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.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and 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.

[4] The Australian 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 statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 10 September 2018 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 17 September 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2020.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A