Casello Personnel (Vic) Pty Ltd

[2024] FWCA 3871

[2024] FWCA 3871

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Casello Personnel (Vic) Pty Ltd

(AG2024/4147)

CASELLO PERSONNEL (VIC) PTY LTD AND THE CFMEU (VICTORIAN CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL DIVISION) SUBCONTRACTORS CARPENTRY & JOINERY ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024 - 2027

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASSON	MELBOURNE, 7 NOVEMBER 2024

Application for approval of the Casello Personnel (Vic) Pty Ltd and the CFMEU (Victorian Construction and General Division) Subcontractors Carpentry & Joinery Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2027

1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Casello Personnel (Vic) Pty Ltd and the CFMEU (Victorian Construction and General Division) Subcontractors Carpentry & Joinery Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2027 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Casello Personnel (Vic) Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

1. The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (Cth) (Amending Act) made a number of changes to enterprise agreement approval processes in Part 2-4 of the Fair Work Act, that commenced operation on 6 June 2023. The notification time for the Agreement under s.173(2) was 19 September 2024 and the Agreement was made on 11 October 2024. Accordingly, both the genuine agreement and the better off overall test requirements are those applying on and from 6 June 2023.

1. 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.

1. The Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union 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.

1. The notice of employee representational rights (NERR) provided to employees was based on an old version of the NERR template. I am satisfied that in all of the circumstances and having regard to the Full Bench decision in Huntsman Chemical Company Australia Pty Limited T/A RMAX Rigid Cellular Plastics & Others[1], this constitutes a minor procedural or technical error for the purpose of s.188(5) of the Act. Further, I am satisfied that the employees covered by the Agreement were not likely to be disadvantaged by the error.

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 14 November 2024. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 2 July 2027.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

[1] [2019] FWCFB 318.

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