Pacific National Bulk Rail Pty Ltd T/A Pacific National

[2018] FWCA 1304

[2018] FWCA 1304

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Pacific National Bulk Rail Pty Ltd T/A Pacific National
(AG2018/348)

PACIFIC NATIONAL WILMAR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2018

Rail industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 5 MARCH 2018

Application for approval of the Pacific National Wilmar Enterprise Agreement 2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Pacific National Wilmar Enterprise Agreement 2018 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Pacific National Bulk Rail Pty Ltd T/A Pacific National. 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] Based on statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I am satisfied that the Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry 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.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 5 March 2018 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 12 March 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 4 March 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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