Hy-Tec Industries Pty Ltd [2020] FWCA 5227 (1 October 2020)

Last Updated: 1 October 2020

[2020] FWCA 5227

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement
Hy-Tec Industries Pty Ltd

(AG2020/2528)

HY-TEC INDUSTRIES NSW PTY LTD DAPTO ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020

Road transport industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE	SYDNEY, 1 OCTOBER 2020

Application for approval of the Hy-Tec Industries NSW Pty Ltd Dapto Enterprise Agreement 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the Hy-Tec Industries NSW Pty Ltd Dapto Enterprise Agreement 2020 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Hy-Tec Industries Pty Ltd (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 21 September 2020. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A to this decision and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Road Transport and Distribution Award 2020 and the Pre-Mixed Concrete Award 2020 respectively), 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 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[4] I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

[5] The Transport Workers’ Union of Australia, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 8 October 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A