Assetmark Group Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 6168

[2013] FWCA 6168

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Assetmark Group Pty Ltd
(AG2013/8638)

ASSETMARK GROUP QUEENSLAND CSG AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2013-2015

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER MACDONALD	SYDNEY, 2 SEPTEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Assetmark Group Queensland CSG and Associated Infrastructure Greenfields Agreement 2013-2015.

[1] This decision concerns an application for approval of a Greenfields Agreement pursuant to section 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The application relates to the Assetmark Group Queensland CSG and Associated Infrastructure Greenfields Agreement 2013-2015.

[2] The application was lodged by the Assetmark Group Pty Ltd and is a Greenfields Agreement.

[3] The application for approval was lodged in Sydney on 20 August 2013.

[4] I have considered the matters contained in the employer declaration and the declarations made on behalf of the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia and The Australian Workers’ Union which I note will be covered by the Agreement.

[5] 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 “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia and The Australian Workers’ Union are entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Greenfields 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 Greenfields Agreement.

[6] The Greenfields Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 9 September 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2015.

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