Telstra Limited & Telstra Purple Pty Ltd

[2024] FWCA 3123

[2024] FWCA 3123

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Telstra Limited & Telstra Purple Pty Ltd

(AG2024/2790)

TELSTRA LIMITED ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024-2027

Telecommunications services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT O’NEILL	MELBOURNE, 27 AUGUST 2024

Application for approval of the Telstra Limited Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027

1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Telstra Limited Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Telstra Limited & Telstra Purple Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

1. The Applicant lodged two Form F16 in relation to the Agreement. Following the issue being raised by my chambers, the Applicant filed an amended Form F16, noting the second employer, Telstra Purple Pty Ltd. Pursuant to s.586 of the Act, I am satisfied that the corrections to the Form F16 should be made and that it is appropriate to do so.

1. The Employer 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the agreement.

1. 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.

1. The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU), the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia, (APESMA) being the bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisations. The CPSU and APESMA support approval of the Agreement. The APESMA are of the view that the Agreement passes the better off overall test.

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 1 October 2024. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2027.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A