Abbeyfield Society (Mortlake) Inc.

[2015] FWCA 959

[2015] FWCA 959

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Abbeyfield Society (Mortlake) Inc.
(AG2014/10693)

ABBEYFIELD SOCIETY (MORTLAKE) INC. (TRADING AS ABBEYFIELD HOUSE), ANMF AND HSU ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Aged care industry
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	MELBOURNE, 9 FEBRUARY 2015

Application for approval of the Abbeyfield Society (Mortlake) Inc. (trading as Abbeyfield House), ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] On 5 December 2014 Abbeyfield Society (Mortlake) Inc. (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Abbeyfield Society (Mortlake) Inc. (trading as Abbeyfield House), ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2014 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3] The Applicant has provided a written undertaking. A copy of the undertaking is attached as Annexure A. The Commission is satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertaking will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. In any case, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Health Services Union of Australia have indicated their acceptance of the undertaking.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, the Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[5] The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 16 February 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 May 2017.

COMMISSIONER

Annexure A

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