Wood Australia Pty Ltd T/A Wood
[2023] FWCA 549
•21 FEBRUARY 2023
| [2023] FWCA 549 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
Wood Australia Pty Ltd T/A Wood
(AG2023/5)
Wood (Water and Associated Utilities Maintenance Services – Queensland) Enterprise Agreement 2022-2025
| Water, sewerage and drainage services | |
| DEPUTY PRESIDENT BELL | MELBOURNE, 21 FEBRUARY 2023 |
Application for approval of the Wood (Water and Associated Utilities Maintenance Services – Queensland) Enterprise Agreement 2022-2025.
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Wood (Water and Associated Utilities Maintenance Services – Queensland) Enterprise Agreement2022-2025 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by the employer, Wood Australia Pty Ltd T/A Wood. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
Having regard to the material contained in the application and filed in relation to it, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The Agreement does not cover all of the employees of the employer. However, taking into account the factors in sections 186(3) and (3A), I am satisfied that the group of employees was fairly chosen.
The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) and Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU), being 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 Agreement was approved on 21 February 2023 and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 28 February 2023. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2025.
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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