AGC Industries Pty Ltd

[2015] FWCA 3027

[2015] FWCA 3027

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

AGC Industries Pty Ltd
(AG2015/2538)

AGC INDUSTRIES PTY LTD - CFMEU - NATIONAL REFRACTORY AGREEMENT (EXCLUDING THE STATES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND VICTORIA) 1 JANUARY 2015

Building, metal and civil construction industries
SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT WATSON	MELBOURNE, 4 MAY 2015

Application for approval of the AGC Industries Pty Ltd - CFMEU - National Refractory Agreement (excluding the States of Western Australia and Victoria) 1 January 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the AGC Industries Pty Ltd - CFMEU - National Refractory Agreement (excluding the States of Western Australia and Victoria) 1 January 2015 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by AGC Industries Pty Ltd and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] I have considered the matters contained in the employer declaration and the declaration made on behalf of the CFMEU which will be covered by the Agreement.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186 and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In accordance with s.187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the CFMEU is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under it. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 11 May 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2017.

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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