Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union

[2021] FWCA 6796

[2021] FWCA 6796

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union
(AG2021/8277)

T&H SHEET METAL PTY LTD QUEEN’S WHARF PROJECT GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 23 NOVEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the T&H Sheet Metal Pty Ltd Queen’s Wharf Project Greenfields Agreement

[1] The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the T&H Sheet Metal Pty Ltd Queen’s Wharf Project Greenfields Agreement (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s 172(2)(b) of the Act. I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186 and 187 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval has been met. In accordance with s 187(5) of the Act, I am satisfied that the AMWU 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, and that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[3] I note that pursuant to s 53(2)(b) of the Act, the Agreement was made with the AMWU and that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 23 November 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 30 November 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 November 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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