Kaefer Integrated Services Pty Ltd

[2015] FWCA 1766

[2015] FWCA 1766

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Kaefer Integrated Services Pty Ltd
(AG2015/2069)

THE LONGFORD GAS CONDITIONING PLANT PROJECT CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT 2015 BETWEEN KAEFER INTEGRATED SERVICES PTY LTD AND THE AMWU

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER LEE	MELBOURNE, 16 MARCH 2015

Application for approval of the The Longford Gas Conditioning Plant Project Construction Agreement 2015 between KAEFER Integrated Services Pty Ltd and the AMWU.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a greenfields agreement known as The Longford Gas Conditioning Plant Project Construction Agreement 2015 between KAEFER Integrated Services Pty Ltd and the AMWU (Agreement). The application was made by KAEFER Integrated Services Pty Ltd 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) and that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 23 March 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2017.

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