Northern SEQ Distributor Retailer Authority T/A Unitywater

[2020] FWCA 3162

[2020] FWCA 3162

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Northern SEQ Distributor Retailer Authority T/A Unitywater
(AG2020/1438)

UNITYWATER WATER INDUSTRY (MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL) EMPLOYEES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT NO. 1

Water, sewerage and drainage services
COMMISSIONER BOOTH	BRISBANE, 16 JUNE 2020

Application for approval of the Unitywater Water Industry (Mechanical & Electrical) Employees Enterprise Agreement No. 1.

[1] An application has been made under s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Northern SEQ Distributor Retailer Authority T/A Unitywater (the Applicant) for approval of the Unitywater Water Industry (Mechanical & Electrical) Employees Enterprise Agreement No. 1 (the Agreement). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

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

[3] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (the CEPU) and the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (the AMWU) filed Form F18s in this matter, advising that it supports approval of the Agreement by the Commission, and providing 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 CEPU and the AMWU.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 days from the date of approval of the Agreement. The nominal expiry date is 14 May 2024.

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