Wormald Australia Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 253

[2021] FWCA 253

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Wormald Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2020/3868)

WORMALD & CEPU - PLUMBING DIVISION/ WORMALD SPRINKLER FITTING/ FIRE PROTECTION ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT NEWCASTLE 2020-2023

Plumbing industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 19 JANUARY 2021

Application for approval of the Wormald and CEPU - Plumbing Division / Wormald Sprinkler Fitting / Fire Protection Enterprise Agreement Newcastle 2020-2023.

[1] Wormald Australia Pty Ltd (Wormald) has made an application for approval of a single enterprise agreement known as the Wormald and CEPU - Plumbing Division/ Wormald Sprinkler Fitting/ Fire Protection Enterprise Agreement Newcastle 2020-2023 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] Wormald has provided written undertakings, a copy of which is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings, which are taken to be a term of the Agreement, will not cause financial detriment to any employee and that they do not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. Subject to the undertakings, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the relevant requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 has been met.

[3] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2), I note that the Agreement covers the organisation. The Agreement was approved on 19 January 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 26 January 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 March 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A