Application for approval of the URM Enterprise Agreement 2024

[1] UGL Engineering Pty Limited (Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the URM Enterprise Agreement 2024 (Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings 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 the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the FW Act are relevant to this application for approval has been met. In coming to this conclusion, I have had regard to the material contained in the application, the accompanying declaration, the responses to issues identified, and the Statement of Principles.[1]

[4] The Agreement does not contain a delegates' rights term that meets the requirements of s.205A of the FW Act. Accordingly, clause 26A of the Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) has given notice under s.183 of the FW Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it.

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

[7] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the FW Act, will operate from 12 September 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 19 June 2027.

[1] Fair Work (Statement of Principles on Genuine Agreement) Instrument 2023.

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