Coastal Duct Installations

[2015] FWCA 8087

[2015] FWCA 8087

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Coastal Duct Installations
(AG2015/6033)

COASTAL DUCT INSTALLATIONS AND AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING WORKERS UNION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2012

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 25 NOVEMBER 2015

Application for approval of the Coastal Duct Installations and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Collective Agreement 2012.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the Coastal Duct Installations and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Collective Agreement 2012 (Agreement). The application was made by Coastal Duct Installations pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act).

[2] This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of section 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 have been met. In accordance with s.187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (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. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[3] Pursuant to s.53(2)(b) of the Act I note the Agreement was made with the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 2 December 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 January 2016.

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