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

[2021] FWCA 4009

[2021] FWCA 4009

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
(AG2021/5829)

VALUE ADDED LABOUR SERVICES PTY LTD AND NORTHERN NSW COMMERCIAL PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2021 - 2024

Plumbing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 9 JULY 2021

Application for approval of the Value Added Labour Services Pty Ltd and Northern NSW Commercial Plumbing and Mechanical Union Collective Agreement 2021 - 2024.

[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 Value Added Labour Services Pty Ltd and Northern NSW Commercial Plumbing and Mechanical Union Collective Agreement 2021 - 2024 (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. 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.

[3] The Agreement was approved on 9 July 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 16 July 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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