Wood Field Services Pty Ltd

[2020] FWCA 6853

[2020] FWCA 6853

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Wood Field Services Pty Ltd
(AG2020/3663)

WOOD OFFSHORE ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2020

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT YOUNG	MELBOURNE, 17 DECEMBER 2020

Application for approval of the Wood Offshore Electrical Maintenance Services Greenfields Agreement 2020.

[1] Wood Field Services Pty Ltd (the Employer) has made an application for approval of a greenfields agreement known as the Wood Offshore Electrical Maintenance Services Greenfields Agreement 2020 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s 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. In accordance with s 187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia 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] Pursuant to s 53(2)(b) of the Act I note the Agreement was made with the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia and that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 17 December 2020 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 24 December 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2023.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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