Whisper Mining Services Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 6764

[2019] FWCA 6764

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Whisper Mining Services Pty Ltd
(AG2019/3505)

WHISPER MINING SOUTHERN REGION NSW ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Coal industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT SAUNDERS	NEWCASTLE, 1 OCTOBER 2019

Application for approval of the Whisper Mining Southern Region NSW Enterprise Agreement 2019.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Whisper Mining Southern Region NSW Enterprise Agreement 2019 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to section 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

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

[3] Based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I am satisfied that the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, Mining and Energy Division, 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 is approved and, in accordance with section 54 of the Act, will operate from 8 October 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2021.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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