Sugrue Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 9477

[2013] FWCA 9477

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Sugrue Pty Ltd
(AG2013/10099)

SUGRUE LABOUR HIRE AND THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS' UNION NSW GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2013

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER RIORDAN	SYDNEY, 3 DECEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Sugrue Labour hire and The Australian Workers' Union NSW Greenfields Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Sugrue Labour Hire and The Australian Workers’ Union NSW Greenfields 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 Sugrue Pty Ltd (the Employer) and nominates The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) 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 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 10 December 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2014.

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