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

[2021] FWCA 1417

[2021] FWCA 1417

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
(AG2021/4019)

AXIS PLUMBING ACT PTY LTD & CEPU ACT PLUMBING ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021-2024

Cement and concrete products
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 16 MARCH 2021

Application for approval of the Axis Plumbing ACT Pty Ltd & CEPU ACT Plumbing Enterprise 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 Axis Plumbing ACT Pty Ltd & CEPU ACT Plumbing Enterprise Agreement 2021-2024 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement. The employer has provided a written undertaking, a copy of which is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that it will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertaking is taken to be a term of the agreement.

[2] Subject to the undertaking, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met. The CEPU, 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) and based on the declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[3] The Agreement was approved on 16 March 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 23 March 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 May 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A