Wood Field Services Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 7029

[2020] FWCA 7029

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Wood Field Services Pty Ltd
(AG2020/3760)

WOOD OFFSHORE MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES GREENFIELD AGREEMENT 2020

Manufacturing and associated industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MANSINI	MELBOURNE, 24 DECEMBER 2020

Application for approval of the Wood Offshore Mechanical Maintenance Services Greenfield Agreement 2020.

[1] Wood Field Services Pty Ltd has applied for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the Wood Offshore Mechanical Maintenance Services Greenfield Agreement 2020 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act).

[2] This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of section 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 have been met.

[3] In accordance with s.187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) and the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) are Unions that are 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.

[4] In accordance with s.187(5)(b) of the Act, I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[5] Pursuant to s.53(2)(b) of the Act, I note the Agreement was made with AWU and the AMWU and that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 24 December 2020 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 31 December 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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