Melco Engineering Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 6002

[2013] FWCA 6002

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Melco Engineering Pty Ltd
(AG2013/7658)

MELCO ENGINEERING PTY LTD HAY POINT EXPANSION 3 PROJECT UNION GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT

Manufacturing and associated industries
SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT DRAKE	SYDNEY, 23 AUGUST 2013

Application for approval of the Melco Engineering Pty Ltd Hay Point Expansion 3 Project Union Greenfields Agreement.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Melco Engineering Pty Ltd Hay Point Expansion 3 Project Union Greenfields Agreement (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] It has been made by Melco Engineering Pty Ltd and nominates the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU); Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union (AMWU) and 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 CEPU, AMWU and CFMEU 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.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s54 of the Act, will operate from 30 August 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 23 August 2016.

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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