In the making of the City Parklands Services Certified Agreement 2020
[2020] QIRC 53
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QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
CITATION: | In the making of the City Parklands Services Certified Agreement 2020 [2020] QIRC 053 |
PARTIES: | City Parklands Services Pty Ltd (ABN: 72 068 043 318) (Applicant) v Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy, Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland (First Respondent) and The Electrical Trades Union of Employees Queensland (Second Respondent) and Queensland Services, Industrial Union of Employees (Third Respondent) and Plumbers & Gasfitters Employees' Union Queensland, Union of Employees (Fourth Respondent) and United Voice, Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland (Fifth Respondent) and The Australian Workers' Union of Employees, Queensland (Sixth Respondent) |
CASE NO: | CB/2020/15 |
PROCEEDING: | Application for certification of an agreement |
DELIVERED ON: | 6 April 2020 |
HEARING DATE: | 6 April 2020 |
MEMBER: HEARD AT: | Hartigan IC Brisbane |
ORDER: |
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CATCHWORDS: | INDUSTRIAL LAW – COLLECTIVE BARGAINING – Application for certification of an agreement – Requirements for certification – Agreement certified |
LEGISLATION: | Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld), s 189, s 193, s 195, s 196, s 197, s 198, s 199, s 200, s 201, s 204, s 205, s 206, s 207, s 208, s 209, s 216, s 227, s 228 |
APPEARANCES: | Ms C. Mason for City Parklands Services Pty Ltd Ms M. Robertson for Queensland Services, Industrial Union of Employees Mr D. Peverill for United Voice, Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland Ms S. Schinnerl for The Australian Workers' Union of Employees, Queensland |
Reasons for Decision
- [1]City Parklands Services Pty Ltd (ABN: 72 068 043 318) ("City Parklands") has made an application to certify an agreement pursuant to s 189 of the Industrial Relations Act 2016 ("the Act").
- [2]As required by s 189(3) of the Act, the application was made within 21 days of the date on which the agreement was signed.
- [3]The parties bound by this agreement are City Parklands, its Employees whose rates of pay are fixed by this Agreement and who are engaged in the classifications provided in Schedule 1 of the proposed certified agreement and the following unions:
- (a)Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy, Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland;
- (b)Plumbers & Gasfitters Employees' Union Queensland, Union of Employees;
- (c)Queensland Services, Industrial Union of Employees;
- (d)The Australian Workers' Union of Employees, Queensland;
- (e)The Electrical Trades Union of Employees Queensland; and
- (f)United Voice, Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland.
- [4]The agreement has been signed for and by all parties to the agreement.[1]
- [5]On 6 April 2020, the Commission as presently constituted, certified the agreement.
- [6]
- (a)each relevant requirement pursuant to Subdivision 2 of Division 2 of Part 5 of the Act has been satisfied;[3] and
- (b)that there were no matters in the agreement which would require the Commission to refuse to grant the application pursuant to Subdivision 3 of Division 2 of Part 5 of the Act.[4]
[7] The agreement operates from the day it was certified, namely 6 April 2020.[5] Although the nominal expiry date of the agreement is 31 August 2023, the agreement continues to operate until it is terminated pursuant to ss 227 or 228 of the Act.
[8] The application to certify the City Parklands Services Certified Agreement 2020 is granted.
[9] I make the following order:
- The City Parklands Services Certified Agreement 2020 is certified.