Microfire Systems Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 7647

[2013] FWCA 7647

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Microfire Systems Pty Ltd
(AG2013/9232)

MICROFIRE SYSTEMS PTY LTD AUSTRALIA PACIFIC LNG (CURTIS ISLAND) PROJECT UNION GREENFIELD AGREEMENT 2011 - 2015

Electrical contracting industry
COMMISSIONER RIORDAN	SYDNEY, 1 OCTOBER 2013

Application for approval of the Microfire Systems Pty Ltd Australia Pacific LNG (Curtis Island) Project Union Greenfield Agreement 2011 - 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Microfire Systems Pty Ltd Australia Pacific LNG (Curtis Island) Project Union Greenfield Agreement 2011 - 2015 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Microfire Systems Pty Ltd (the Employer) and nominates the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union known as Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU); the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) and the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU)as the relevant Employee Organisations with which the Agreement was made. The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] 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 AMWU, AWU & CEPU 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.

[3] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 8 October 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 16 December 2015.

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