D.C. Welding and Steel Fabrication

[2015] FWCA 7754

[2015] FWCA 7754

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

D.C. Welding and Steel Fabrication
(AG2015/5998)

D.C. WELDING AND STEEL FABRICATION AND AMWU METAL ENGINEERING ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT 2014

Manufacturing and associated industries
COMMISSIONER GREGORY	MELBOURNE, 16 NOVEMBER 2015

Application for approval of the D.C. WELDING AND STEEL FABRICATION and AMWU Metal Engineering On-Site Construction Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the D.C. WELDING AND STEEL FABRICATION and AMWU Metal Engineering On-Site Construction Agreement 2014 (Agreement). The application was made by D.C. Welding and Steel Fabrication 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 that the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as 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. 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) that the Agreement covers that organisation.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 23 November 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2017.

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