Powerlink Solutions Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 9076

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Powerlink Solutions Pty Ltd
(AG2013/11105)

POWERLINK SOLUTIONS PTY LTD SINGLE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Electrical contracting industry
COMMISSIONER RIORDAN	SYDNEY, 19 NOVEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Powerlink Solutions Pty Ltd Single Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as Powerlink Solutions Pty Ltd Single Enterprise Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Powerlink Solutions Pty Ltd (the Applicant). The agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from seven days after the issuing of this decision. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 19 November 2017.

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CaseChat Overview and Summary

Powerlink Solutions Pty Ltd applied for the approval of the Powerlink Solutions Pty Ltd Single Enterprise Agreement 2013. The applicant argued that the agreement was appropriate for the employees it covered. The court was required to decide if the agreement complied with the requirements of the Fair Work Act 2009 and if it was appropriate for the employees covered by it.

The court considered the various aspects of the agreement and the process by which it was negotiated. The court found that the agreement was appropriate for the employees and that it complied with the requirements of the Fair Work Act 2009. The court was satisfied that the agreement had been negotiated in good faith and that it was appropriate for the employees covered by it.

As a result, the court approved the Powerlink Solutions Pty Ltd Single Enterprise Agreement 2013. This decision was made in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009 and the relevant case law. The court found that the agreement was appropriate for the employees covered by it and that it complied with the requirements of the Act.

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