A.E. Smith & Son Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 7023

[2020] FWCA 7023

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

A.E. Smith & Son Pty Ltd
(AG2020/3852)

AE SMITH & SON PTY LTD AND CEPU – PLUMBING DIVISION VICTORIAN BRANCH ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019 – 2023

Plumbing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 23 DECEMBER 2020

Application for approval of the AE Smith & Son Pty Ltd and CEPU – Plumbing Division Victorian Branch Enterprise Agreement 2019 – 2023.

[1] A.E. Smith & Son Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the AE Smith & Son Pty Ltd and CEPU – Plumbing Division Victorian Branch Enterprise Agreement 2019 – 2023 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] 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 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[3] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia 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.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 23 December 2020 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 30 December 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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