Alstom Limited

[2014] FWCA 3931

[2014] FWCA 3931

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a greenfields agreement

Alstom Limited
(AG2014/1360)

ALSTOM LIMITED SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA MAINTENANCE AND REFURBISHMENT WORKPLACE AGREEMENT 2014

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MCCARTHY	PERTH, 20 JUNE 2014

Application for approval of the ALSTOM Limited South Western Australia Maintenance and Refurbishment Workplace Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the ALSTOM Limited South Western Australia Maintenance and Refurbishment Workplace Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] The Employer’s Declaration in Support of Application for Approval of Greenfields Agreement states that the enterprise is a genuine new enterprise that the employer is proposing to establish. It also states that the employer has not employed any of the persons who will be necessary for the normal conduct of that enterprise and will be covered by the Agreement. I am therefore satisfied that the requirements of s.172(2)(b) have been met and as a consequence the Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[3] 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.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from seven days from the date of this decision. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2017.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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