Urban Metro Civil Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 3468

[2020] FWCA 3468

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Urban Metro Civil Pty Ltd
(AG2020/1666)

THE URBAN METRO CIVIL PTY LTD & THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS' UNION AGREEMENT 2020

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 1 JULY 2020

Application for approval of The Urban Metro Civil Pty Ltd & The Australian Workers' Union Agreement 2020.

[1] Urban Metro Civil Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of a greenfields agreement known as The Urban Metro Civil Pty Ltd & The Australian Workers’ Union Agreement 2020 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s 172(2)(b) of the Act. I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186 and 187 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval has been met. In accordance with s 187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that The Australian Workers’ Union 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 Applicant has provided written undertakings and a copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. In accordance with s 191(1) of the Act, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] I note that pursuant to s 53(2)(b) of the Act, the Agreement was made with The Australian Workers’ Union and that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s 54 of the Act, will operate from 8 July 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 28 February 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A