Transport Workers' Union of Australia

[2013] FWCA 2051

[2013] FWCA 2051

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Transport Workers' Union of Australia
(AG2013/657)

DGL (AUST) PTY LTD ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT (STRAMIT OPERATIONS) QUEENSLAND 2013

Road transport industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT ASBURY	BRISBANE, 4 APRIL 2013

Application for approval of the DGL (Aust) Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement (Stramit Operations) Queensland 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the DGL (Aust) Pty Ltd Enteprise Agreement (Stramit Operations) Queensland 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185(1A) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement has been made by DGL (Aust) Pty Ltd, an employer covered by the Agreement, and is a greenfields agreement made pursuant to s.172(4).

[2] The Agreement is made with the Transport Workers’ Union of Australia pursuant to s.172(2)(b) of the Act.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186 and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In particular I am satisfied that the employee organisation 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 is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 11 April 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 March 2015.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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