NEWest Metro Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 3534

[2020] FWCA 3534

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

NEWest Metro Pty Ltd
(AG2020/1590)

NEWEST METRO PTY LTD AND CFMEU (WA) AND AWU (METRONET PROJECT) GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2020

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BEAUMONT	PERTH, 3 JULY 2020

Application for approval of the NEWest Metro Pty Ltd and CFMEU (WA) and AWU (Metronet Project) Greenfields Agreement 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the NEWest Metro Pty Ltd and CFMEU (WA) and AWU (Metronet Project) Greenfields Agreement 2020 (the Agreement). The application was made by NEWest Metro Pty Ltd pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s 172(2)(b) of the Act. 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 accordance with s 187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, and the Australian Workers’ Union 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] Pursuant to s 53(2)(b) of the Act, I note the Agreement was made with the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and the Australian Workers’ Union, and that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s 54 of the Act, will operate from 10 July 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 3 July 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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