Kuiper Australia Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 4300

[2020] FWCA 4300

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Kuiper Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2020/2206)

KUIPER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD - WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND NORTHERN TERRITORY OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2020 - 2024

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS	PERTH, 17 AUGUST 2020

Application for approval of the Kuiper Australia Pty Ltd - Western Australia and Northern Territory Offshore Construction Projects Greenfields Agreement 2020 - 2024.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the Kuiper Australia Pty Ltd - Western Australia and Northern Territory Offshore Construction Projects Greenfields Agreement 2020 - 2024 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Kuiper Australia Pty Ltd.

[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 has been met. In accordance with s.187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU), the "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) 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 AWU, the AMWU and the CEPU and that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 24 August 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 16 August 2024.

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