Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
[2022] FWCA 4608
•29 DECEMBER 2022
| [2022] FWCA 4608 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2022/5194)
Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd Resource Recovery & Waste Management Facilities Enterprise Agreement 2022
| Waste management industry | |
| DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE | SYDNEY, 29 DECEMBER 2022 |
Application for approval of the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd Resources Recovery & Waste Management Facilities Enterprise Agreement 2022
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd Resources Recovery & Waste Management Facilities Enterprise Agreement 2022 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
Undertakings
The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 23 December 2022. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A to this decision and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Waste Management Award 2020), and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.
Coverage of employee organisation
The Australian Workers’ Union, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.
Conclusion
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.
I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 5 January 2023. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 November 2025.
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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