Watco Australia Logistics Pty Ltd T/A Watco Australia

[2021] FWCA 6398

[2021] FWCA 6398

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Watco Australia Logistics Pty Ltd T/A Watco Australia
(AG2021/7831)

WATCO AUSTRALIA BLUESCOPE PORT KEMBLA INTERNAL RAIL OPERATIONS 2021

Rail industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT SAUNDERS	NEWCASTLE, 22 OCTOBER 2021

Application for approval of the Watco Australia BlueScope Port Kembia Internal Rail Operations 2021

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Watco Australia BlueScope Port Kembia Internal Rail Operations 2021 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to section 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of sections 186 and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] Based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I am satisfied that the Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union, the employee organisation to be covered by the Agreement, 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 section 54 of the Act, will operate from 29 October 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 21 October 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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