Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 5080

[2021] FWCA 5080

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2021/6553)

VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BLUESCOPE HASTINGS & AWU AGREEMENT 2021

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER MIRABELLA	MELBOURNE, 17 AUGUST 2021

Application for approval of the Veolia Environmental Services BlueScope Hastings & AWU Agreement 2021.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Veolia Environmental Services BlueScope Hastings & AWU 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. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided a written undertaking. A copy of the undertaking is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertaking will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertaking is 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 sections 186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 24 August 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2023.

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Annexure A