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

[2017] FWCA 905

[2017] FWCA 905

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A Veolia Australia & New Zealand
(AG2017/209)

VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION PORTLAND ALUMINIUM MANUFACTURING SERVICES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 15 FEBRUARY 2017

Application for approval of the Veolia Environmental Services and The Australian Workers’ Union Portland Aluminium Manufacturing Services Enterprise Agreement 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Veolia Environmental Services and The Australian Workers’ Union Portland Aluminium Manufacturing Services Enterprise Agreement 2017 (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 T/A Veolia Australia & New Zealand. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Applicant 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.

[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] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement was approved on and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 22 February 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2017.

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