Fredon (Qld) Pty Limited

[2021] FWCA 1376

[2021] FWCA 1376

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a greenfields agreement

Fredon (Qld) Pty Limited
(AG2021/4001)

FREDON (QLD) PTY LIMITED SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND CORRECTIONAL PRECINCT STAGE 2 PROJECT GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2020

Electrical contracting industry
COMMISSIONER SPENCER	BRISBANE, 29 MARCH 2021

Application for approval of the Fredon (Qld) Pty Limited Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct Stage 2 Project Greenfields Agreement 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the Fredon (Qld) Pty Limited Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct Stage 2 Project Greenfields Agreement 2020 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a greenfields agreement. It has been made by Fredon (Qld) Pty Limited (the Applicant).

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In particular, I am satisfied that the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) are entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement, in relation to work that is to be performed under it. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[3] The Applicant has provided written undertakings and a copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. In accordance with s.191(1) of the Act, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] Pursuant to s.53(2)(b) of the Act I note the Agreement was made with CEPU and the AMWU and that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54(1) of the Act, will operate from 5 April 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 January 2024.

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Annexure A