INPEX Australia Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 6998

[2014] FWCA 6998

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

INPEX Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2014/7592)

INPEX ICHTHYS OPERATIONS MULTI-LOCATION AGREEMENT 2014

Oil and gas industry
COMMISSIONER CLOGHAN	PERTH, 3 OCTOBER 2014

Application for approval of the INPEX Ichthys Operations Multi-Location Agreement 2014.

[1] On 19 September 2014, INPEX Australia Pty Ltd (Applicant) made application for approval of a single enterprise agreement to be known as the INPEX Ichthys Operations Multi-Location Agreement 2014 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act).

[2] The Agreement was made following a ballot on 12 September 2014.

[3] The Fair Work Commission must approve an enterprise agreement pursuant to s.186 of the FW Act if the requirements set out in that section, s.187 and s.188 are met.

[4] The application was the subject of a conference on 2 October 2014 in which the Applicant and the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) attended. The conference clarified a number of matters contained in the Agreement.

[5] I am satisfied, from the material provided to the Commission, that ss.186, 187 and 188, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[6] The AWU has declared that it was a bargaining representative for the Agreement and is entitled to represent the industrial interests of those employees in accordance with paragraph 176(1)(b) of the FW Act. Further, the AWU supports the approval of the Agreement by the Commission. Finally, the AWU has given notice that, pursuant to s.183 of the FW Act, it wants to be covered by the Agreement.

[7] The Agreement is approved and will, in accordance with s.54(1) of the FW Act, operate from 10 October 2014.

[8] The nominal expiry date of this Agreement is 2 October 2018.

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