Liddell Collieries Pty Limited

[2014] FWCA 270

[2014] FWCA 270

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Liddell Collieries Pty Limited
(AG2014/8)

LIDDELL OPEN CUT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Coal industry
SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT HARRISON	SYDNEY, 10 JANUARY 2014

Application for approval of the Liddell Open Cut Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Liddell Open Cut Enterprise Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. An undertaking concerning clauses 12 (disputes procedure) and 13.1 (annual leave) has also been provided by the employer and it is taken to be a term of the Agreement. A copy of the undertaking is attached at Annexure A.

[3] The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. As required by s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[4] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s.54(1) it will operate from 17 January 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 26 November 2016.

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Annexure A

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