Thiess Pty Ltd

[2017] FWCA 2857

[2017] FWCA 2857

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Thiess Pty Ltd
(AG2017/1655)

THIESS CURRAGH MINE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017

Mining industry
COMMISSIONER GREGORY	MELBOURNE, 24 MAY 2017

Application for approval of the Thiess Curragh Mine Enterprise Agreement 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Thiess Curragh Mine Enterprise Agreement 2017 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Thiess Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

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

[3] Pursuant to s.202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] The Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union known as The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (CEPU), Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 31 May 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 May 2020.

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