Kentech Australia Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 4859

[2014] FWCA 4859

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Kentech Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2014/1353)

KENTECH APLNG UPSTREAM PROJECT GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2014

Manufacturing and associated industries
SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT DRAKE	SYDNEY, 18 JULY 2014

Application for approval of the Kentech APLNG Upstream Project Greenfields Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Kentech APLNG Upstream Project Greenfields Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] It has been made by Kentech Australia Pty Ltd and nominates the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU), the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU), and the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union (AMWU), as the relevant Employee Organisations with which the Agreement was made. The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[3] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[4] 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 particular, I am satisfied that the CEPU, AWU and 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.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s54 of the Act, will operate from 25 July 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 20 March 2016.

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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