MODEC Management Services Pte Ltd

[2014] FWCA 6794

[2014] FWCA 6794

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

MODEC Management Services Pte Ltd
(AG2014/7634)

MODEC MANAGEMENT SERVICES PTE LTD MODEC VENTURE 11 FPSO AMOU, AWU AND MUA AGREEMENT 2014

Oil and gas industry
COMMISSIONER CLOGHAN	PERTH, 1 OCTOBER 2014

Application for approval of the MODEC Management Services Pte Ltd MODEC Venture 11 FPSO AMOU, AWU and MUA Agreement 2014.

[1] On 23 September 2014, MODEC Management Services Pte Ltd made application for approval of a single enterprise agreement to be known as the MODEC Management Services Pte Ltd MODEC Venture 11 FPSO AMOU, AWU and MUA Agreement 2014 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act).

[2] The Agreement was made following a ballot on 10 September 2014.

[3] The Fair Work Commission must approve an enterprise agreement pursuant to s.186 of the FW Act if the requirements set out in that section, s.187 and s.188 are met.

[4] I am satisfied, from the material provided to the Commission, that ss.186, 187 and 188, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[5] The Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU), Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have declared that the AMOU, AWU and MUA were bargaining representatives for the Agreement and are entitled to represent the industrial interests of those employees in accordance with paragraph 176(1)(b) of the FW Act. Further, the AMOU, AWU and MUA support the approval of the Agreement by the Commission and have read and agree with the Employer’s statutory declaration in support of the application, insofar as it is within their knowledge. Finally, the AMOU, AWU and MUA have given notice that, pursuant to s.183 of the FW Act, they want to be covered by the Agreement.

[6] The Agreement is approved and will, in accordance with s.54(1) of the FW Act, operate from 8 October 2014.

[7] The nominal expiry date of this Agreement is 31 December 2016.

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