Ridge Commercial Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 6109

[2014] FWCA 6109

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Ridge Commercial Pty Ltd
(AG2014/7292)

RIDGE COMMERCIAL PTY LTD AND CEPU - PLUMBING DIVISION (VIC) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Plumbing industry
COMMISSIONER BLAIR	MELBOURNE, 3 SEPTEMBER 2014

Application for approval of the Ridge Commercial Pty Ltd and CEPU - Plumbing Division (Vic) Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Ridge Commercial Pty Ltd and CEPU - Plumbing Division (Vic) Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Ridge Commercial Pty Ltd (the Applicant). The agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] I have considered the matters contained in the employer declaration and the declaration made on behalf of the employee organisation which will be covered by the Agreement.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186 and 187 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] In accordance with s.187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU), the relevant employee organisation which will be covered by the Agreement, is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of the employees who will be covered by the Agreement, in relation to work to be performed under the Agreement; and it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement in order to provide certainty as to employment terms and conditions, in the terms agreed between the parties.

[5] The CEPU, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.185 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 10 September 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2015.

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