Regional Instrumentation and Electrical Services Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 5037

[2013] FWCA 5037

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Regional Instrumentation and Electrical Services Pty Ltd
(AG2013/1612)

REGIONAL INSTRUMENTATION & ELECTRICAL SERVICES PTY LTD 6 AND 1 SOUTHERN UPSTREAM PROJECT WORKS AGREEMENT

Electrical contracting industry
COMMISSIONER RIORDAN	SYDNEY, 25 JULY 2013

Application for approval of the Regional Instrumentation & Electrical Services Pty Ltd 6 and 1 Southern Upstream Project Works Agreement.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Regional Instrumentation & Electrical Services Pty Ltd 6 and 1 Southern Upstream Project Works Agreement (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Regional Instrumentation and Electrical Services Pty Ltd (the Employer) and nominates the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU); Communications, Electrical, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU) and the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union (AMWU) 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 AWU, CEPU & AMWU 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 1 August 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is four years from approval.

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