Whittens Pty Limited

[2024] FWCA 2825

[2024] FWCA 2825

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Whittens Pty Limited

(AG2024/2642)

WHITTENS PTY LTD AND AWU SNOWY HYDRO 2.0 PROJECT UNDERGROUND GREENFIELD AGREEMENT 2024 – 2025

Building, metal and civil construction industries
COMMISSIONER MCKINNON	SYDNEY, 1 AUGUST 2024

Application for approval of the Whittens Pty Ltd and AWU Snowy Hydro 2.0 Project Underground Greenfield Agreement 2024 – 2025 – greenfields agreement

1. Whittens Pty Limited has applied for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the Whittens Pty Ltd and AWU Snowy Hydro 2.0 Project Underground Greenfield Agreement 2024 – 2025 (the Agreement). The Agreement was made with The Australian Workers’ Union.

1. The Agreement is made under subsection 172(2)(b) of the Fair Work Act 2009. 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. 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 the Agreement. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

1. The Agreement is approved and will operate from 8 August 2024. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 July 2025.

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