Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union

[2021] FWCA 4599

[2021] FWCA 4599

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
(AG2021/6295)

CUTRITE COMMERCIAL PTY LTD SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND CORRECTIONAL PRECINCT STAGE 2 PROJECT GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2020

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 29 JULY 2021

Application for approval of the Cutrite Commercial Pty Ltd Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct Stage 2 Project Greenfields Agreement 2020.

[1] The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Cutrite Commercial Pty Ltd Southern Queensland Correctional Precinct Stage 2 Project Greenfields Agreement 2020 (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) of the Act, I am satisfied that the CFMMEU, the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) and the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) are 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, and 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 CFMMEU, the CEPU and the AMWU and that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 29 July 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 5 August 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 January 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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