Combined Steel Solutions Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 786

[2021] FWCA 786

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Combined Steel Solutions Pty Ltd
(AG2021/235)

AMWU & COMBINED STEEL SOLUTIONS PTY LTD METAL ENGINEERING ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT 2020 - 2023

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 15 FEBRUARY 2021

Application for approval of the AMWU & Combined Steel Solutions Pty Ltd Metal Engineering On-Site Construction Agreement 2020 - 2023.

[1] Combined Steel Solutions Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the AMWU & Combined Steel Solutions Pty Ltd Metal Engineering On-Site Construction Agreement 2020 - 2023 (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)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that 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] 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 15 February 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 22 February 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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