Urban Maintenance Systems Pty Ltd T/A UMS Urban Maintenance Systems

[2014] FWCA 4473

[2014] FWCA 4473

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Urban Maintenance Systems Pty Ltd T/A UMS Urban Maintenance Systems
(AG2014/5789)

UMS NEW SOUTH WALES FIELD EMPLOYEE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Gardening services
COMMISSIONER GREGORY	MELBOURNE, 9 JULY 2014

Application for approval of the UMS New South Wales Field Employee Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the UMS New South Wales Field Employee Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Urban Maintenance Systems Pty Ltd T/A UMS Urban Maintenance Systems. It is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] On reviewing the application clarification was sought about a number of matters including the proposed span of ordinary hours for full-time employees working on weekends, and for casual employees generally. The Applicant subsequently provided a detailed response highlighting, in part, some inconsistencies contained in the terms of the proposed Agreement. It also provided various undertakings going to several matters, including a revised Appendix 4 setting out the intended minimum wage rates to be provided under the terms of the proposed Agreement.

[3] I have accepted the undertakings given by the employer which will now form part of the Agreement. Copies are attached to this decision.

[4] I am otherwise satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and s.190, as are relevant to this application, have been met.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 16 July 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 July 2018.

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