Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A ESS Support Services Worldwide

[2015] FWCA 2845

[2015] FWCA 2845

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A ESS Support Services Worldwide
(AG2015/220)

COMPASS GROUP & AWU - ESS OFFSHORE OIL & GAS (SHELL PRELUDE) GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2014

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DEPUTY PRESIDENT KOVACIC	CANBERRA, 24 APRIL 2015

Application for approval of the Compass Group & AWU - ESS Offshore Oil & Gas (Shell Prelude) Greenfields Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Compass Group & AWU - ESS Offshore Oil & Gas (Shell Prelude) Greenfields Agreement 2014 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[1] The Applicant 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I am satisfied that the Australian Workers’ Union (West Australian Branch), the employee organisation to be covered by the agreement, 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.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 1 May 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 24 April 2019.

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ANNEXURE A