Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd Trading AS Chubb Fire Safety

[2025] FWCA 3429

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd Trading AS Chubb Fire Safety

(AG2025/3149)

CHUBB FIRE & SECURITY PTY LTD SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND VFS & FIRE PROTECTION TECHNICIAN ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024 - 2027

Security services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT LAKE	BRISBANE, 13 OCTOBER 2025

Application for approval of the Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd South East Queensland VFS & Fire Protection Technician Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2027

An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd South East Queensland VFS & Fire Protection Technician 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 Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd Trading AS Chubb Fire Safety (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

The Applicant has provided written undertakings. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

Noting the undertakings provided, I am satisfied that the more beneficial entitlements of the NES in the Act will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

The Agreement is approved and will operate in accordance with s.54 of the Act. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 May 2027.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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CaseChat Overview and Summary

Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd, trading as Chubb Fire Safety, applied to the Fair Work Commission for approval of the Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd South East Queensland VFS & Fire Protection Technician Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2027. The application was made under section 236 of the Fair Work Act 2009. The agreement was intended to cover employees who are VFSs or fire protection technicians employed by Chubb in South East Queensland.

The legal issues the court had to consider included whether the agreement met the requirements for approval under the Fair Work Act, such as whether the agreement dealt with the employees' terms and conditions of employment, whether it was made in good faith, and whether it complied with the provisions of the Fair Work Act. The court also had to consider whether the agreement was consistent with the national minimum standards set out in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 and the Fair Work Regulations 2009.

The Fair Work Commission found that the agreement met all the requirements for approval. The agreement dealt with the employees' terms and conditions of employment and was made in good faith. The commission also found that the agreement was consistent with the national minimum standards and did not contain any provisions that were contrary to public policy. The commission approved the agreement, and it will now be registered with the Fair Work Commission.

The Fair Work Commission made an order approving the Chubb Fire & Security Pty Ltd South East Queensland VFS & Fire Protection Technician Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2027. The agreement will now be registered with the Fair Work Commission and will apply to the employees covered by the agreement. The agreement will remain in force until it is replaced by a new agreement or until it is terminated in accordance with the Fair Work Act.

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