ARL2 Pty Ltd and others

[2014] FWC 8813

[2014] FWC 8813

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.248— Single Interest Employer Authorisation

ARL2 Pty Ltd and others
(B2014/1531)

COMMISSIONER GREGORY MELBOURNE, 5 DECEMBER 2014

Application for Single Interest Employer Authorisation.

[1] ARL2 Pty Ltd and others have made application for a Single Interest Employer Authorisation under section 248 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act) in relation to the proposed Enterprise Agreement to be known as the LJ Hooker (Victoria & Tasmania) Enterprise Agreement (2014).

[2] The application specifies the Employers that will be covered by the proposed Agreement, the group of employees who would be covered by the Agreement, and the person nominated by the Employers to make application if the authorisation is made. That person is Mr Paul O’Regan, Chief Operations Officer, LJ Hooker Corporate.

[3] Mr O’Regan has also provided a Statutory Declaration in support of the application.

[4] Having considered the terms of the application and the attached Statutory Declaration I am satisfied the Employers intended to be covered by the proposed Agreement have agreed to bargain together, and that no person has coerced or threaten to coerce any of those Employers to agree to bargain in this way.

[5] I am also satisfied the Employers are carrying on similar business activities under the same franchise and are all franchisees of the same franchisor.

[6] The Act provides that I must, in such circumstances, make a Single Interest Employer Authorisation in relation to the proposed Enterprise Agreement. I accordingly make the authorisation in relation to the proposed LJ Hooker (Victoria & Tasmania) Enterprise Agreement (2014). It will come into operation from the date of this decision. An order containing the authorisation is issued in conjunction with this decision.

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