Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v South Australian Water Corporation

[2017] FWC 4548

[2017] FWC 4548

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.437 - Application for a protected action ballot order

Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia
v
South Australian Water Corporation
(B2017/783)

COMMISSIONER HAMPTON ADELAIDE, 31 AUGUST 2017

Proposed protected action ballot of employees of South Australian Water Corporation.

[1] This is an application by the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) (the Applicant) made under s.437 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) for a protected action ballot order in relation to certain employees of South Australian Water Corporation (the Respondent).

[2] On 31 August 2017 the Commission was advised that the Respondent did not object to the application.

[3] In the circumstances, I have decided to determine the matters on the papers without holding a hearing.

[4] On the basis of the material before me, including the statutory declaration of Mr S Pisoni of the Applicant union setting out the steps taken by it in bargaining with the Respondent and confirming that it has been, and is, genuinely trying to reach agreement with the Respondent, I am satisfied that there is a notification time in relation to the proposed agreement and that the requirements in s.443(1) of the Act have been met.

[5] An order in conformity with the Act is being issued in conjunction with this decision. 1

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