Broadspectrum (Australia) Pty Ltd

[2018] FWCA 4373

[2018] FWCA 4373

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Broadspectrum (Australia) Pty Ltd
(AG2018/1115)

BROADSPECTRUM (OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE & MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES ON GAS WELLS AND ASSOCIATED PLANT) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017

Oil and gas industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 25 JULY 2018

Application for approval of the Broadspectrum (Operations, Maintenance & Miscellaneous Services on Gas Wells and Associated Plant) Enterprise Agreement 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Broadspectrum (Operations, Maintenance & Miscellaneous Services on Gas Wells and Associated Plant) Enterprise Agreement 2017 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Broadspectrum (Australia) Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and 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, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] 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.

[5] The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia and the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) and based on the statutory declarations provided by the organisations, I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 25 July 2018 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 1 August 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 25 July 2021.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A