Application for approval of the Liftronic Pty Limited Installation and Service Division Enterprise Agreement 2025

[1] Liftronic Pty Ltd (the Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Liftronic Pty Limited Installation and Service Division Enterprise Agreement 2025 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement will apply to employees who are covered by the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020 (the Award).

[3] The Commission raised an issue with the Employer relevant to whether employees are better off overall under the Agreement compared to the Award. Specifically, that the Agreement contains various clauses which refer to trainees, however, rates of pay have not been provided.

[4] The Employer provided written undertakings to address the above BOOT issue. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure B of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[6] The "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) 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 it wants the Agreement to cover it.

[7] In accordance with s.201(2), I note that the Agreement covers the AMWU and the CEPU.

[8] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 4 November 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2026.

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