Thiess Pty Ltd T/A Thiess

[2014] FWCA 2296

[2014] FWCA 2296

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Thiess Pty Ltd T/A Thiess
(AG2014/3816)

THIESS JOHN HOLLAND DRAGADOS JOINT VENTURE - NORTH WEST RAIL LINK PROJECT - TSC WORKS, AWU GREENFIELD AGREEMENT 2013-2017

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER RIORDAN	SYDNEY, 7 APRIL 2014

Application for approval of the Thiess John Holland Dragados Joint Venture - North West Rail Link Project - TSC Works, AWU Greenfield Agreement 2013-2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Thiess John Holland Dragados Joint Venture - North West Rail Link Project - TSC Works, AWU Greenfield Agreement 2013-2017 (“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 greenfields agreement.

[2] The applicant has given undertakings in relation to the agreement which are attached to this decision and the back of the agreement.

[3] I am satisfied each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[4] 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 the employees to be covered by the Agreement, and that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from

14 April 2014. The nominal expiry date is 4 years from approval.

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