Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union

[2021] FWCA 4311

[2021] FWCA 4311

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
(AG2021/5872)

ALL CARPENTRY PTY LTD (TAS) AND CFMEU ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT (TAS) 2021

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 21 JULY 2021

Application for approval of the All Carpentry Pty Ltd (Tas) and CFMEU Enterprise Agreement (Tas) 2021.

[1] The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the All Carpentry Pty Ltd (Tas) and CFMEU Enterprise Agreement (Tas) 2021 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] While the application is generally in order, the copy of the notice of employee representational rights (NERR) that was given to the employees was not in the prescribed form, nor were the employees given the voting instructions seven clear days before the vote. However, in all the circumstances, and having regard to the decision of the Full Bench in Huntsman Chemical Company Australia Pty Limited T/A RMAX Rigid Cellular Plastics & Others, 1 I am satisfied that these constitute minor procedural or technical errors for the purposes of s 188(2)(a), and that the employees covered by the Agreement were not likely to have been disadvantaged by the errors. As a result, I am satisfied that the Agreement has been genuinely agreed within the meaning of s 188(2) of the Act.

[3] The employer has provided a written undertaking, a copy of which is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertaking will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] Subject to the undertaking referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[5] The CFMMEU, 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) and based on the declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 21 July 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 28 July 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Annexure A

 1   [2019] FWCFB 318

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