Northern SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority T/A Unitywater

[2017] FWCA 3533

[2017] FWCA 3533

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Northern SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority T/A Unitywater
(AG2017/2155)

UNITYWATER WATER INDUSTRY FIELD/OUTDOOR EMPLOYEES (MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL, OPERATIONS SUPPORT AND OTHER TRADES) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT NO. 1

Water, sewerage and drainage services
COMMISSIONER MCKINNON	MELBOURNE, 4 JULY 2017

Application for approval of the Unitywater Water Industry Field/Outdoor Employees (Mechanical & Electrical, Operations Support and Other Trades) Enterprise Agreement No. 1.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Unitywater Water Industry Field/Outdoor Employees (Mechanical & Electrical, Operations Support and Other Trades) Enterprise Agreement No. 1 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Northern SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority T/A Unitywater. 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 “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, The Australian Workers’ Union and Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 11 July 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2020.

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Annexure A