Transcend Civil And Environmental Labour Services Pty Ltd

[2025] FWCA 773

[2025] FWCA 773

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Transcend Civil And Environmental Labour Services Pty Ltd

(AG2025/332)

TRANSCEND CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABOUR SERVICES PTY LTD & THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION MAJOR PROJECTS AGREEMENT 2025

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COMMISSIONER MIRABELLA	MELBOURNE, 28 FEBRUARY 2025

Application for approval of the Transcend Civil and Environmental Labour Services Pty Ltd & The Australian Workers’ Union Major Projects Agreement 2025

1. An application has been made for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the Transcend Civil and Environmental Labour Services Pty Ltd & The Australian Workers’ Union Major Projects Agreement 2025 (Agreement). The application was made by Transcend Civil and Environmental Labour Services Pty Ltd pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act).  

1. The Agreement meets the requirements of section 172(2)(b) of the Act. 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. In accordance with s.187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the Australian Workers’ Union are entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under it. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement. 

1. The Applicant has provided written undertakings and a copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. In accordance with s. 191(2) of the Act, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.   

1. Pursuant to s.53(2)(b) of the Act I note the Agreement was made with the Australian Workers’ Union and that the Agreement covers the organisation. 

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 March 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 28 February 2029. 

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Annexure A