Wood Group PSN Australia Pty Ltd

[2014] FWCA 6829

[2014] FWCA 6829

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a greenfields agreement

Wood Group PSN Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2014/9038)

WOOD GROUP PSN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD APLNG CURTIS ISLAND GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2014

Electrical contracting industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT LAWRENCE	SYDNEY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2014

Application for approval of the Wood Group PSN Australia Pty Ltd APLNG Curtis Island Greenfields Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Wood Group PSN Australia Pty Ltd APLNG Curtis Island Greenfields Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 f the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Wood Group PSN Australia Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss186 and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In particular, I am satisfied that the employee organisations, the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and the Australia Workers’ Union 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. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[3] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s.54(1), it will operate from 7 October 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 7 October 2018.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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