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ANNEXURE A 
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procedural. The Agreement was approved and will operate from 30 January 2025 with a nominal expiry date of 30 September 2027. The undertakings were accepted and become terms of the Agreement. The AMWU is...
The Fair Work Commission approved an enterprise agreement for Linfox Australia covering workshop employees in Victoria. The employer provided written undertakings to address concerns about the agreement, which the Commission accepted because they wouldn't disadvantage employees compared to the award. The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU), which helped negotiate the agreement, will be covered by it. The agreement starts on 30 January 2025 and expires on 30 September 2027. The National Employment Standards (minimum employment conditions) will still apply where they are better than the agreement terms.
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s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
LINFOX VICTORIA (WORKSHOP - AMWU) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024
Application for approval of the Linfox Victoria (Workshop - AMWU) Enterprise Agreement 2024
[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the Linfox Victoria (Workshop - AMWU) Enterprise Agreement 2024 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by George Katsifolis T/A Linfox Australia Pty Ltd (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 20 January 2025. 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 Vehicle Repair, Services and Retail Award 2020) and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.
[3] The "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU), 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.
[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188, 190, 193 and 193A of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.
[5] I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.
[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 30 January 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2027.
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ANNEXURE A
The Agreement was approved and will operate from 30 January 2025 with a nominal expiry date of 30 September 2027. The undertakings were accepted and become terms of the Agreement. The AMWU is covered by the Agreement.