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

[2021] FWCA 3362

[2021] FWCA 3362

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
(AG2021/5393)

VALUE ADDED LABOUR SERVICES PTY LTD SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND CORRECTIONAL PRECINCT STAGE 2 PROJECT GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2020

Plumbing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 10 JUNE 2021

Application for approval of the Value Added Labour Services Pty Ltd Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct Stage 2 Project Greenfields Agreement 2020.

[1] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) has made an application for approval of the Value Added Labour Services Pty Ltd Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct Stage 2 Project Greenfields Agreement 2020 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s 172(2)(b). I am satisfied that each of the relevant requirements of ss 186 and 187 of the Act has been met. Pursuant to s 187(5) of the Act, I am satisfied that the CEPU, the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) and the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) are 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.

[2] I note that pursuant to s 53(2)(b) of the Act, the Agreement was made with the CEPU, the CFMMEU and the AMWU and that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[3] The Agreement was approved on 10 June 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 17 June 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 January 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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