Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited T/A Powerlink Queensland

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[2024] FWCA 2492

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4 JULY 2024
[2024] FWCA 2492

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited T/A Powerlink Queensland

(AG2024/2272)

WORKING AT POWERLINK 2024 UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

Electrical power industry

COMMISSIONER P RYAN

SYDNEY, 4 JULY 2024

Application for approval of the Working at Powerlink 2024 Union Collective Agreement

  1. Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited (Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Working at Powerlink 2024 Union Collective Agreement (Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

Sections 186, 187 and 188

  1. On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declarations, and having regard to the Statement of Principles,[1] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the FW Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

National Employment Standards

  1. I observe that clause 7.2.1 of the Agreement may be inconsistent with the National Employment Standards (NES). However, noting clause 1.2.4 of the Agreement, I am satisfied that the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

Section 183 Bargaining Representatives

  1. The Australian Services Union (ASU), the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA), and the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU), each being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the FW Act that they want the Agreement to cover them.

  1. In accordance with s.201(2), I note that the Agreement covers the ASU, the APESMA, and the CEPU.

Approval

  1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the FW Act, will operate from 11 July 2024. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 29 February 2028.

COMMISSIONER


[1] Fair Work (Statement of Principles on Genuine Agreement) Instrument 2023.

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