The Australian Workers’ Union

[2014] FWCA 2066

[2014] FWCA 2066

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

The Australian Workers’ Union
(AG2014/619)

THE WORKZ GROUP PTY LTD AND THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION CONSTRUCTION VICTORIAN LABOUR HIRE MAJOR PROJECTS AGREEMENT 2014

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOOLEY	MELBOURNE, 28 MARCH 2014

Application for approval of The Workz Group Pty Ltd and The Australian Workers Union Construction Victorian Labour Hire Major Projects Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as The Workz Group Pty Ltd and The Australian Workers Union Construction Victorian Labour Hire Major Projects Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by The Australian Workers’ Union. 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.

[3] I am satisfied that The Australian Workers’ 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 28 March 2014 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 4 April 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 March 2017.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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