Armest Pty Ltd T/A Miles Witt Partnership

[2019] FWCA 2781

[2019] FWCA 2781 [Note: a correction has been issued to this document]

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Armest Pty Ltd T/A Miles Witt Partnership
(AG2019/619)

COOINDA AGED CARE - NURSES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2018

Health and welfare services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BEAUMONT	PERTH, 7 JUNE 2019

Application for approval of the Cooinda Aged Care - Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2018.

[1] Armest Pty Ltd has made an application for the approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Cooinda Aged Care - Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2018 (the Agreement). The application was made under s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings are attached as Annexure A. In compliance with s 190(4) of the Act, the bargaining representative’s views regarding the undertakings regarding the undertakings proffered were sought. No objections were raised.

[3] I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, I am 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 Nurses and Midwifery Federation (the organisation),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), and based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement was approved on 7 June 2019 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 14 June 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2019

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A