Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 2628

[2013] FWCA 2628

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd
(AG2013/710)

CHUBB FIRE SAFETY SYDNEY AND WOLLONGONG SERVICE DIVISION ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2012 - 2015

Electrical contracting industry
COMMISSIONER BULL	SYDNEY, 30 APRIL 2013

Application for approval of the Chubb Fire Safety Sydney and Wollongong Service Division Electrical Enterprise Agreement 2012 - 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Chubb Fire Safety Sydney and Wollongong Service Division Electrical Enterprise Agreement 2012 - 2015 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] An undertaking with respect to clause 43 - Dispute resolution, applying to any disputes that arise under the National Employment Standards, has been provided by the Applicant.

[3] This undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement. A copy of the undertaking is attached at Annexure A.

[4] The Agreement covers electrical workers in Sydney and Wollongong who are in the service division and who are performing work engaged in one of the classifications contained in the Agreement. I am satisfied that pursuant to s.186(3A) of the Act, this group is fairly chosen as being operationally or organisationally distinct.

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

[6] 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) I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[7] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s.54(1) the Agreement will operate from 7 May 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 August 2015.

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Annexure A

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