Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia

[2021] FWCA 4259

[2021] FWCA 4259

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia
(AG2021/6013)

AMRICK CONTRACT SERVICES PTY LTD ENTERPRISE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 2019-2022

Electrical contracting industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 19 JULY 2021

Application for approval of the Amrick Contract Services Pty Ltd Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2019-2022.

[1] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Amrick Contract Services Pty Ltd Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2019-2022 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s 172(2)(b) of the Act. I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186 and 187 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval has been met. In accordance with s 187(5) of the Act, I am satisfied that the CEPU is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under it, and that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[3] Pursuant to s 202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement. I note that pursuant to s 53(2)(b) of the Act, the Agreement was made with the CEPU and that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 19 July 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 26 July 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 July 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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