Marr Contracting Pty Ltd

[2015] FWCA 2755

[2015] FWCA 2755

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Marr Contracting Pty Ltd
(AG2015/872)

MARR CONTRACTING PTY LTD WHEATSTONE PROJECT AGREEMENT 2015

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 22 APRIL 2015

Application for approval of the Marr Contracting Pty Ltd Wheatstone Project Agreement 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Marr Contracting Pty Ltd Wheatstone Project Agreement 2015 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Marr Contracting Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, 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.

[3] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] Pursuant to s.202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] Based on statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I am satisfied that the Australian Workers’ Union, the employee organisation to be covered by the agreement, is 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.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 22 April 2015 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 29 April 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 22 April 2019.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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