Pacific Services Group Pty Ltd (PSG) Queensland Summary

[2013] FWCA 1518

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

CORRECTION TO DECISION

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

Pacific Services Group Pty Ltd (PSG) Queensland
(AG2013/405)

PACIFIC SERVICES GROUP PTY LTD AND CEPU ELECTRICAL DIVISION QUEENSLAND ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2012-2015

Electrical contracting industry
COMMISSIONER SIMPSON	BRISBANE, 4 JUNE 2013

Application for approval of the Pacific Services Group Pty Ltd and CEPU Electrical Division Queensland Enterprise Agreement 2012-2015 - correction to name of Applicant.

[1] The decision issued by the Fair Work Commission on 11 March 2013 [[2013] FWCA 1518 PR534707] is corrected as follows:-

1. By deleting Pacific Services Group Pty Ltd (PSG) NSW and inserting Pacific Services Group Pty Ltd (PSG) Queensland in the preamble.

2. By deleting Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) appearing in paragraph [1] and inserting Pacific Services Group Pty Ltd (PSG) Queensland.

COMMISSIONER

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CaseChat Overview and Summary

Pacific Services Group Pty Ltd (PSG) Queensland, represented by its director, was involved in a dispute before the Fair Work Commission regarding a decision about its classification and pay rates. The Commission was asked to review its decision and determine whether any errors were present in its earlier determination. The primary legal issues the court needed to address were whether the Commission had correctly applied the relevant industrial instruments and the applicable laws in making its initial decision. Additionally, the court needed to consider whether the Commission had adequately considered all the evidence presented before it and whether its findings were supported by the evidence.

The court began by examining the relevant industrial instruments and the applicable laws to ensure that the Commission had applied them correctly. It found that the Commission had indeed followed the correct legal framework in its initial decision. The court then turned to the evidence presented and assessed whether the Commission had properly considered all the submissions and facts. It concluded that the Commission had given due consideration to all the evidence and that its findings were adequately supported by the evidence. Consequently, the court determined that there were no errors in the Commission's initial decision and dismissed the application for correction. The Commission's original decision was upheld.

Pacific Services Group Pty Ltd (PSG) Queensland

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