Veolia Environmental Services

[2021] FWCA 7204

[2021] FWCA 7204

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Veolia Environmental Services
(AG2021/8574)

VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD ROCKLEA ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021

Waste management industry
COMMISSIONER SIMPSON	BRISBANE, 22 DECEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd Rocklea Enterprise Agreement 2021

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd Rocklea Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). The Application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Veolia Environmental Services (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. 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, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] Noting the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that the more beneficial entitlements of the NES in the Act will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

[5] The Transport Workers’ Union of Australia (TWU) lodged a Form F18 statutory declaration giving notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note the Agreement covers the TWU.

[6] The Agreement is approved and as provided by the Agreement, will operate from 21 January 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 22 December 2024.

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