Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A Veolia Australia and New Zealand

[2017] FWCA 2599

[2017] FWCA 2599

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A Veolia Australia and New Zealand
(AG2017/1284)

VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES VIVA ENERGY REFINERY AWU AGREEMENT 2017-2020

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	SYDNEY, 11 MAY 2017

Application for approval of the Veolia Environmental Services Viva Energy Refinery AWU Agreement 2017-2020.

[1] On 12 April 2017 Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A Veolia Australia and New Zealand (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Veolia Environmental Services Viva Energy Refinery AWU Agreement 2017-2020 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3] The Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, has been met.

[4] Pursuant to s.202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] 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), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 18 May 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 March 2020.

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