The Australian Workers' Union

[2015] FWCA 5097

[2015] FWCA 5097

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

The Australian Workers' Union
(AG2015/3746)

WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT & LABOUR SERVICES PTY LTD, NORTHCONNEX PROJECT CIVIL CONSTRUCTION GREENFIELD AGREEMENT 2015

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER RIORDAN	SYDNEY, 27 JULY 2015

Application for approval of the Workforce Recruitment & Labour Services Pty Ltd, NorthConnex Project Civil Construction Greenfield Agreement 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Workforce Recruitment & Labour Services Pty Ltd, NorthConnex Project Civil Construction Greenfield Agreement 2015 (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 Applicant) and nominates The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) as the relevant Employee Organisation 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 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.

[3] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 3 August 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 July 2019.

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