Vital Services Group Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 1845

[2013] FWCA 1845

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Vital Services Group Pty Ltd
(AG2013/5608)

VITAL SERVICES GROUP PTY LTD NEW SOUTH WALES GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2013 - 2015

Rail industry
SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT HARRISON	SYDNEY, 26 MARCH 2013

Application for approval of the Vital Services Group Pty Ltd New South Wales Greenfields Agreement 2013 - 2015.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Vital Services Group Pty Ltd New South Wales Greenfields Agreement 2013 - 2015 (the Agreement). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement. It has been made by Vital Services Group Pty Ltd and the Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union.

[2] The application is made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). 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.

[3] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s.54(1) it will operate from 2 April 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2015.

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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