Formby Consulting Pty Ltd T/A Formby Pearse Group

[2014] FWCA 600

[2014] FWCA 600

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a greenfields agreement

Formby Consulting Pty Ltd T/A Formby Pearse Group
(AG2013/11831)

FPG 'FORMBY PEARSE GROUP/FORMBY CONSULTING PTY LTD' GLNG PROJECT GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT

Electrical contracting industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT LAWRENCE	SYDNEY, 28 JANUARY 2014

Application for approval of the FPG 'Formby Pearse Group/Formby Consulting Pty Ltd' GLNG Project Greenfields Agreement.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the FPG ‘Formby Pearse Group/Formby Consulting Pty Ltd’ GLNG Project Greenfields Agreement (the Agreement). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement. It has been made by Formby Consulting Pty Ltd t/a Formby Pearse Group.

[2] The application is made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186 and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In particular, I am satisfied that the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) 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] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s.54(1) it will operate from 4 February 2014.The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 4 years from approval.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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