Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union

[2015] FWCA 3536

[2015] FWCA 3536

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
(AG2015/1186)

NEOWEST BRICKIES PTY LTD AND CFMEU (WA) GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2015-2017

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 25 MAY 2015

Application for approval of the NeoWest Brickies Pty Ltd and CFMEU (WA) Greenfields Agreement 2015-2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the NeoWest Brickies Pty Ltd and CFMEU (WA) Greenfields Agreement 2015-2017 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union. The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] 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 and 187 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] Based on statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I am satisfied that Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, 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 was approved on 25 May 2015 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 1 June 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 December 2017.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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