Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 7557

[2013] FWCA 7557

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd
(AG2013/9579)

LAING O'ROURKE AUSTRALIA CONSTRUCTION PTY LTD AND THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION VICTORIAN CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2013-2016

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER MACDONALD	SYDNEY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd and the Australian Workers Union Victorian Civil Engineering Construction Greenfields Agreement 2013-2016.

[1] This decision concerns an application for approval of a Greenfields Agreement pursuant to section 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The application relates to the Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd and the Australian Workers Union Victorian Civil Engineering Construction Greenfields Agreement 2013-2016.

[2] The application was lodged by Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd and is a Greenfields Agreement.

[3] The application for approval was lodged in Sydney on 24 September 2013.

[4] I have considered the matters contained in the employer declaration and the declaration made on behalf of The Australian Workers’ Union, which I note will be covered by the Agreement.

[5] 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 accordance with s. 187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that The Australian Workers’ Union, are entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Greenfields Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under them. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Greenfields Agreement.

[6] The Greenfields Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 October 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 7 October 2017.

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