KDR Gold Coast Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 1878

[2013] FWCA 1878

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

KDR Gold Coast Pty Ltd
(AG2013/5560)

KDR GOLD COAST PTY LTD AND RTBU GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2013

Rail industry
COMMISSIONER ASBURY	BRISBANE, 26 MARCH 2013

Application for approval of the KDR Gold Coast Pty Ltd and RTBU Greenfields Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the KDR Gold Coast Pty Ltd and RTBU Greenfields Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185(1A) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement has been made by KDR Gold Coast Pty Ltd, an employer covered by the Agreement, and is a greenfields agreement made pursuant to s.172(4).

[2] The Agreement is made with the Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Union pursuant to s.172(2)(b) of the Act.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186 and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In particular I am satisfied that the employee organisation 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 is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 2 April 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 26 March 2016.

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