Bunnings Group Limited (Bunnings) T/A Bunnings Warehouse

[2021] FWCA 5873

[2021] FWCA 5873

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Bunnings Group Limited (Bunnings) T/A Bunnings Warehouse
(AG2021/6728)

BUNNINGS AND CFMEU FRAME AND TRUSS WARNERVALE
ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021

Retail industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT CROSS	SYDNEY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the Bunnings and CFMEU Frame and Truss Warnervale Enterprise Agreement 2021

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Bunnings and CFMEU Frame and Truss Warnervale Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Bunnings Group Limited (Bunnings) T/A Bunnings Warehouse. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement lodged contained a typographical error in the wage tables set out at Schedule E of the Agreement. On 30 August 2021, the Applicant filed an amended page to the Agreement, correcting the typographical error, pursuant to s.586 of the Act. I am satisfied that the correction should be made and that it is appropriate to do so pursuant to s.586 of the Act.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU), 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 24 September 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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