Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2015] FWCA 6001

[2015] FWCA 6001

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2015/4696)

VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD AND THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION PORTLAND ALUMINIUM CORROSION CONTROL GREENFIELDS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015-2018

Waste management industry
COMMISSIONER ROBERTS	SYDNEY, 1 SEPTEMBER 2015

Application for approval of the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd and the Australian Workers’ Union Portland Aluminium Corrosion Control Greenfields Enterprise Agreement 2015-2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd and the Australian Workers’ Union Portland Aluminium Corrosion Control Greenfields Enterprise Agreement 2015-2018 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd. The agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] On 280 August 2015 an undertaking was provided by Mr S Tori, the Company’s Group General Manager Vic/Tas, in relation to clause 23.1.1(c) (Loading On Annual Leave) of the Agreement. Pursuant to s.190 of the Act, I accept the Company’s undertaking. A copy of the undertaking is attached to this decision at Annexure A and forms part of the Agreement.

[3] I am satisfied each of the requirements of ss.186, and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. I am satisfied that Australian Workers’ Union is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under it. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 8 September 2015. The nominal expiry date will be 31 July 2018.

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Annexure A