Westside Offshore WA Pty Ltd

[2013] FWCA 9935

[2013] FWCA 9935

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Westside Offshore WA Pty Ltd
(AG2013/10070)

WESTSIDE OFFSHORE WA PTY LTD - AMWU - GORGON PROJECT - BARROW ISLAND GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2013

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 18 DECEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Westside Offshore WA Pty Ltd - AMWU - Gorgon Project - Barrow Island Greenfields Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Westside Offshore WA Pty Ltd - AMWU - Gorgon Project - Barrow Island Greenfields Agreement 2013 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Westside Offshore WA Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

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

[3] I am satisfied that the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), the employee organisation to be covered by the agreement, 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 was approved on 18 December 2013 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 25 December 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2015.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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