Everett Smith & Co Pty Ltd

[2015] FWCA 2191

[2015] FWCA 2191

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Everett Smith & Co Pty Ltd
(AG2015/2139)

EVERETT-SMITH & CO PTY LTD CONTRACTING DIVISION COMMERCIAL SECTOR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2015-2017

Electrical contracting industry
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 30 MARCH 2015

Application for approval of the Everett-Smith & Co Pty Ltd Contracting Division Commercial Sector Enterprise Agreement 2015-2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Everett-Smith & Co Pty Ltd Contracting Division Commercial Sector Enterprise Agreement 2015-2017 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Everett Smith & Co Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. 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.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 30 March 2015 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 6 April 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2017.

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ANNEXURE A