Alstom Grid Australia Limited

[2015] FWCA 3571

[2015] FWCA 3571

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Alstom Grid Australia Limited
(AG2015/1214)

ALSTOM GRID AUSTRALIA LIMITED WHEATSTONE PROJECT AGREEMENT 2015

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DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 26 MAY 2015

Application for approval of the Alstom Grid Australia Limited Wheatstone Project Agreement 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Alstom Grid Australia Limited Wheatstone Project Agreement 2015 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Alstom Grid Australia Limited. The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186 and 187 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] Pursuant to s.202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] Based on statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I am satisfied that the Australian Workers’ Union, the employee organisation to be covered by the agreement, 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.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 26 May 2015 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 2 June 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 26 May 2019.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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