VicForests

[2020] FWCA 5966

[2020] FWCA 5966

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreementVicForests

(AG2020/3053)

VICFORESTS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

State and Territory government administration
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 6 NOVEMBER 2020

Application for approval of the VicForests Enterprise Agreement 2019.

[1] VicForests has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the VicForests Enterprise Agreement 2019 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The employer has provided written undertakings, a copy of which 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 they 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, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[4] The Community and Public Sector 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) and based on the declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 6 November 2020 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 13 November 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 14 November 2020.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A