CH4 Drilling Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 3441

[2021] FWCA 3441

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

CH4 Drilling Pty Ltd
(AG2021/5325)

CH4 DRILLING SOUTH COAST ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021

Coal industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE	SYDNEY, 15 JUNE 2021

Application for approval of the CH4 Drilling South Coast Enterprise Agreement 2021.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the CH4 Drilling South Coast Enterprise Agreement 2021 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by CH4 Drilling Pty Ltd (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 11 June 2021. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A to this decision and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Black Coal Mining Industry Award 2010), and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3] The following employee organisation (which was a bargaining representative for the Agreement), has given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want to be covered by the Agreement:

Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU).

[4] In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[5] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[6] I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

[7] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 22 June 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A