UGL Rail Services Pty Limited

[2021] FWCA 4176

[2021] FWCA 4176

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

UGL Rail Services Pty Limited
(AG2021/5846)

UGL AND CEPU PLUMBING DIVISION BRANCH QUEENSLAND REGIONAL ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020-2024

Plumbing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 15 JULY 2021

Application for approval of the UGL and CEPU Plumbing Division Branch Queensland Regional Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024.

[1] UGL Rail Services Pty Limited has made an application for approval of the UGL and CEPU Plumbing Division Branch Queensland Regional Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s 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 has been met. In accordance with s 187(5) of the Act, I am satisfied that the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) is 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, and that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[3] The employer has provided written undertakings, a copy of which 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 they will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the agreement. Pursuant to s 53(2)(b) of the Act, the Agreement was made with the CEPU. I note that the Agreement covers them.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 15 July 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 22 July 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 January 2025.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A