Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 1907

[2014] FWCA 1907

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd
(AG2014/301)

LAING O’ROURKE AUSTRALIA CONSTRUCTION PTY LIMITED NCIG CET FLYOVER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014-2016

Building, metal and civil construction industries
SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT DRAKE	SYDNEY, 21 MARCH 2014

Application for approval of the Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Limited NCIG CET Flyover Construction Project Enterprise Agreement 2014 - 2016.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Limited NCIG CET Flyover Construction Project Enterprise Agreement 2014 - 2016 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] It has been made by Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd and nominates the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) 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 AWU and CFMEU 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 28 March 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 September 2016.

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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