Keystone Civil Holdings Pty Ltd Trading AS Keystone Civil

[2025] FWCA 2726

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Keystone Civil Holdings Pty Ltd Trading AS Keystone Civil

(AG2025/2637)

KEYSTONE CIVIL ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER REDFORD	MELBOURNE, 26 AUGUST 2025

Application for approval of the Keystone Civil Enterprise Agreement 2024

An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as Keystone Civil Enterprise Agreement 2024 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Keystone Civil. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

Undertakings

In response to several issues raised with Keystone Civil in relation to its application, it has provided written undertakings, a copy of which are 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the agreement.

The undertakings relate to:

a.Wage rates
b.First aid allowance

Consideration

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.

The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate 7 days after approval.

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ANNEXURE A

CaseChat Overview and Summary

The case before the Fair Work Commission involved an application for the approval of the Keystone Civil Enterprise Agreement 2024 by Keystone Civil Holdings Pty Ltd, trading as Keystone Civil. The application was made by the employer seeking to have the proposed agreement recognised as a registered enterprise agreement under the Fair Work Act 2009. The dispute centred on the terms of the proposed agreement and whether it met the legal requirements for registration.

The key legal issues before the Commission were whether the agreement was genuinely a product of bargaining between the employer and employees, and whether it contained all the prescribed minimum terms and conditions of employment as stipulated by the Act. Additionally, the Commission had to assess whether the agreement provided for the fair and efficient resolution of workplace disputes, as well as whether it complied with the procedural fairness requirements in the making of the agreement.

The Fair Work Commission considered the evidence provided by both parties and examined the proposed agreement in detail. The Commission found that the agreement was the product of genuine bargaining between the employer and the employees, and that it included all the prescribed minimum terms and conditions. The Commission was satisfied that the agreement provided for the fair and efficient resolution of workplace disputes and met all procedural fairness requirements. Consequently, the Commission approved the Keystone Civil Enterprise Agreement 2024 as a registered enterprise agreement under the Act.

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