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

[2020] FWCA 6568

[2020] FWCA 6568

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
(AG2020/3444)

B&D INSULATION CONTRACTING (QUEENS WHARF) - UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2018

Plumbing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 8 DECEMBER 2020

Application for approval of the B&D Insulation Contracting (Queens Wharf) - Union Collective Agreement 2018.

[1] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) has made an application for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the B&D Insulation Contracting (Queens Wharf) - Union Collective Agreement 2018 (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)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the CEPU, the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) 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. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

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

[4] The Agreement was approved on 8 December 2020 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 15 December 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 November 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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