ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS – approval – ss.180, 185, 604 Fair Work Act 2009 – appeal – Full Bench – at first instance the Commission approved the Dawsons Maintenance Contractors Enterprise Agreement 2017 – CFMMEU restricted by Commission to only make submissions in relation to the BOOT at first instance due to it not being a bargaining representative – CFMMEU appealed approval decision – granted standing to appeal and permitted to argue a case it did not raise in first instance due to restriction [ASU v Yarra Valley Water Corporation] – permission to appeal granted in relation to appeal ground 1 – question of employees access to referenced materials in the agreement [One Key] – Full Bench not satisfied s.180(2) of the FW Act complied with – no evidence provided to show that the subjects for which undertakings had been given and accepted were identified to employees, let alone explained to them in accordance with s.180(5) – Full Bench found Commission erred in finding requirements of s.180(5) had been met – jurisdiction prerequisite requirements under s.186(2)(a) not satisfied – appeal upheld – approval decision quashed – agreement approval application dismissed. Appeal by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union against decision of McKinnon C of 6 February 2018 [[2018] FWCA 802] Re: Dawsons Maintenance Contractors P/L

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