Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 5265

[2021] FWCA 5265

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2021/6678)

VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD ILLAWARRA INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT 2021

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT DEAN	CANBERRA, 25 AUGUST 2021

Application for approval of the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd Illawarra Industrial Agreement 2021.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd Illawarra Industrial 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 (Australia) Pty Ltd (Employer). 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the agreement.

[3] 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.

[4] The Australian Workers’ Union, the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notices under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 1 September 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 19 January 2025.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A