Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union

[2025] FWCA 2687

[2025] FWCA 2687

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union

(AG2025/2543)

ZENITH WORX NSW PTY LTD/CFMEU COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2024-2027

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER MATHESON	SYDNEY, 14 AUGUST 2025

Application for approval of the Zenith Worx NSW Pty Ltd/CFMEU Collective Agreement 2024-2027

1. An application has been made for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the Zenith Worx NSW Pty Ltd/CFMEU Collective Agreement 2024-2027 (Agreement). The application was made by the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (Applicant) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act).

1. It is declared in the Form F20 Declaration that the employer covered by the Agreement. Zenith Worx NSW Pty Ltd (Employer) was established on 10 June 2025 and does not employ anyone who would be covered by the Agreement. An ASIC search indicates that the Employer was registered on 10 June 2025 and was registered for GST on 1 July 2025. On the basis of the those records and the material before the Commission I find this is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s.172(2)(b) of the Act.

1. In accordance with s.187(5) of the Act, I am satisfied that the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to the work that is to be performed under it, and that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

1. On the basis of the materials before the Commission, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186 and 187 of the Act as are relevant to the application for approval of the Agreement have been met

1. Pursuant to s.53(2)(b) of the Act, I note that the Agreement was made with the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, and that the Agreement covers the organisation.

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 21 August 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 4 July 2027.

COMMISSIONER

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