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

[2024] FWCA 508

[2024] FWCA 508

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

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

(AG2024/111)

PREMIER FIRE PTY LTD (QUEENS WHARF PROJECT) UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2022

Plumbing industry
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	MELBOURNE, 5 FEBRUARY 2024

Application for approval of the Premier Fire Pty Ltd (Queens Wharf Project) Union Collective Agreement 2022

1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Premier Fire Pty Ltd (Queens Wharf Project) Union Collective Agreement 2022 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

1. The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. The undertakings contain a minor error where the title of the Agreement incorrectly ends in ‘2018’ instead of ‘2022’. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the agreement.

1. Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

1. The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 12 February 2024. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 November 2026.

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Annexure A