Dame Pty Ltd T/A Project Plumbing

[2020] FWCA 1536

[2020] FWCA 1536

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Dame Pty Ltd T/A Project Plumbing
(AG2020/553)

DAME PTY LTD AND EMPLOYEE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020-2023

Plumbing industry
COMMISSIONER PLATT	ADELAIDE, 23 MARCH 2020

Application for approval of the Dame Pty Ltd and Employee Enterprise Agreement 2020 - 2023.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Dame Pty Ltd and Employee Enterprise Agreement 2020 - 2023 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Dame Pty Ltd T/A Project Plumbing (the Applicant). The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The matter was allocated to my Chambers on 10 March 2020.

[3] On 18 March 2020, I conducted a telephone conference with the parties to seek clarification about aspects of the Agreement and invited the Applicant to address these matters including through the provision of an undertaking.

[4] The Applicant has submitted an undertaking in the required form dated 20 March 2020. The undertaking deals with the following topics:

•  The Agreement will commence operation 7 days after approval.

•  All hours worked in excess of the ordinary hours of work will be paid as overtime at the applicable overtime rate.

[5] No bargaining representatives were appointed.

[6] The undertaking appears to meet the requirements of s.190(3) of the Act and I have accepted it. As a result, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[7] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[8] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 days after the date of approval of the Agreement. The nominal expiry date is 31 July 2023.

COMMISSIONER

Printed by authority of the Commonwealth Government Printer

<AE507521  PR717712>