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

[2020] FWCA 4262

[2020] FWCA 4262

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
(AG2020/2076)

SYFON SYSTEMS PLY LTD (QUEENS WHARF) - UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2018

Plumbing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 12 AUGUST 2020

Application for approval of the Syfon Systems Ply Ltd (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 Syfon Systems Ply Ltd (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] The Applicant has provided written undertakings and a copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. In accordance with s 191(1) of the Act, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

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

[5] The Agreement was approved on 13 August 2020 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 20 August 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 November 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A