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Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
Groote Eylandt Mining Company Pty Ltd T/A GEMCO
(AG2015/7568)
GROOTE EYLANDT MINING COMPANY ENTERPRISE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT 2015
Northern Territory
COMMISSIONER GREGORY MELBOURNE, 5 FEBRUARY 2016
Application for approval of the Groote Eylandt Mining Company Enterprise Bargaining
Agreement 2015.
[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the
Groote Eylandt Mining Company Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2015 (the Agreement).
The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been
made by Groote Eylandt Mining Company Pty Ltd T/A GEMCO. The Agreement is a single
enterprise agreement.
[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to
this application for approval have been met.
[3] The “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union”
known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), the Communications,
Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of
Australia, the United Voice, the Maritime Union of Australia, the Transport Workers’ Union
of Australia, and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union being bargaining
representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the
Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the
organisations.
[2016] FWCA 792 [Note: An appeal pursuant to s.604 (C2016/2755) was
lodged against this decision - refer to Full Bench decisions dated 24 March
2016 [[2016] FWCFB 1867] , 3 May 2016 [[2016] FWCFB 2432] and
31 May 2016 [[2016] FWCFB 3492] respectively for results of appeal.]
DECISION
E AUSTRALIA FairWork Commission
http://www.fwc.gov.au/decisionssigned/html/2016FWCFB3492.htm
http://www.fwc.gov.au/decisionssigned/html/2016FWCFB2432.htm
http://www.fwc.gov.au/decisionssigned/html/2016FWCFB1867.htm
[2016] FWCA 792
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[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from
12 February 2016. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 December 2018.
COMMISSIONER
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